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Marrianne Collinson Campbell (30 June 1827 – 2 May 1903) was an Australian botanical illustrator and diarist.
Biography
[edit]Marrianne Collinson Campbell (née Close) was born on 30 June 1827 in Morpeth in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales to Edward Charles Close and Sophia Susanna Close (née Palmer).[1] She was named after her paternal grandmother, Marrianne Collinson, and was the great granddaughter to notable botanist Peter Collinson.[2] Campbell's father, Lieutenant Close, was an officer of the 48th Regiment who fought in Spain, Portugal, and France. He arrived in Sydney in August 1817 and served in the Army four more years before marrying Sophia in 1821 and settling at Green Hills.[2] Marrianne was the only surviving daughter of her parents' nine children, along with her brothers Edward, Robert, and George.[2]
As with many of the colonial ladies of the era such as Annabella Boswell and Fanny Macleay, Campbell received lessons in drawing and painting, being educated by the professional artist Conrad Martens.[3] Her great aunt Sophia Campbell nurtured her work when she visited her at Wharf House in Sydney as a young girl.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ancestry Library Edition". ancestrylibrary.proquest.com. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ a b c Close, J.H. Collinson. "Edward Charles Close, Pioneer of Morpeth, and "Father of the Hunter"". Royal Australian Historical Society Journal and Proceedings (Vol. 13 Part. 4 (1927) ed.). Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ Norton, Leonie (2009). Women of flowers: botanical art in Australia from the 1830s to the 1960s. Canberra: National Library of Australia. ISBN 978-0-642-27683-4.
- ^ Kerr, Joan; Falkus, Hugh; Campbell, Sophia; Campbell, Marrianne (1982). From Sydney Cove to Duntroon: a family album of early life in Australia. Richmond, Vic: Hutchinson, in association with Gollancz. ISBN 978-0-09-148050-9.