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Papers of Ellis Rowan, 1873-1895 [manuscript]
Bib ID 3001290
Format ManuscriptManuscript, OnlineOnline
Author
Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922
 
Online Versions
Access Conditions Available for research. Not for loan. 
Description [1873-1895] 
1 cm. 
Summary

Letters including 5 from von Mueller 1895-1896 to Ellis Rowan; note by George Meudell on the watercolours by Ellis Rowan which were exhibited at Stanford University; list of medals awarded to Ellis Rowan; photograph of Ellis Rowan; menu and programme.

Biography/History

Painter; traveller; Victorian born member of the Ryan family, distinguished in natural history, Aunt of Lady Maie Casey. Author of A flower-hunter in Queensland and New Zealand (1898).

Notes

Manuscript reference no.: MS 2206.

MS 2206 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2887828496

Subjects Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922 -- Archives.  |  Mueller, Ferdinand, Baron von, 1825-1896 -- Correspondence.  |  Painters -- Australia -- Archives.  |  Naturalists -- Australia -- Archives.  |  Explorers -- Australia -- Archives.  |  Menus.
Time Coverage 1873-1895 
Occupation Painters.  |  Naturalists.  |  Explorers.
Other authors/contributors Mueller, Ferdinand, Baron von, 1825-1896  |  Meudell, George D. (George Dick), 1860-1936

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