Eliza Blyth

Eliza Blyth (1820 – 27 March 1894) was an Australian botanical illustrator, landscape painter and drawing teacher.

Life and career

Eliza Blyth was born in Essex, England in 1820. Her mother, Elizabeth Crowther, was a sketcher.[1] Blyth had 18 siblings, some of whom moved to Tasmania before her.[2]

In 1848 she migrated to Tasmania on the Himalaya.[3] Also on board was Francis Nixon, the first Anglican bishop in Tasmania.[4] He was a watercolour painter and helped her develop her artistic technique.[2]

Death and legacy

Blyth suffered from chronic rheumatism and exhaustion and died on 27 March 1894 at Sorell, Tasmania.[5]

The Art Gallery of Ballarat holds examples of her work.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Eliza Blyth". Australian Art Sales Digest. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
  2. ^ a b "Blyth, Eliza (1820–1894)". Council of Heads of Austrasian Herbaria. 2012. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
  3. ^ "Report of the Arrival at the Port of Hobart Town of the Barque Himalaya". Libraries Tasmania. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
  4. ^ "Shipping News". The Courier (Hobart). Vol. XXI, no. 1368. Tasmania, Australia. 20 May 1848. p. 2. Retrieved 6 March 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Deaths in the District of Clarence". Libraries Tasmania. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
  6. ^ "Eliza Blyth". Art Gallery of Ballarat. Retrieved 2025-03-06.


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