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Rowan, Marian Ellis (1848-1922)

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Rowan, Ellis (1848-1922)
Rowan, Marian Ellis Ryan (Mrs) (1848-1922)
Ryan, Ellis (1848-1922)
Ryan, Marian Ellis
Ryan, Marian Ellis (1848-1922)
Occupation
natural history artist
Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-620637

Biographies

Australian Dictionary of Biography Online

ROWAN, MARIAN ELLIS (1848-1922), artist, naturalist and explorer, was born on 30 July 1848 in Melbourne, first child of Charles Ryan of Kilfera station, Port Phillip District, and his wife Marian, née Cotton. Her grandfather John Cotton had written and illustrated two books on English birds. (Sir) Charles Snodgrass and Cecil Godfrey Ryan were brothers. Ellis attended a girls' school at Brighton, Victoria, but had no formal training in art. In 1869, however, she visited English relatives who advised her to continue painting wildflowers in her own style. It was this which brought her lasting fame.

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Australian Women's Register

Ellis Rowan was a botanical artist who had no formal art training. She received encouragement from her family and husband, Frederick Charles Rowan, whom she married in 1873, to develop her own style in painting wildflowers. Her work was exhibited in both Australia and overseas for which she won a variety of art prizes.

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Resources for Marian Ellis Rowan

Selected resources (21)

Australian Dictionary of Biography Online

  1. 'Rowan, Marian Ellis (1848 - 1922)' - Australian Dictionary of Biography
    Margaret Hazzard
    [1988]
    Published: Melbourne University Press
    Series: Volume 11
    pp 465-466.

Australian Women's Register

  1. Catalogue of Water Colour Drawings of Wild Flowers etc.
    Rowan, Marian Ellis (Ryan), 1847-1922
    Published: [Melbourne, n.d.]
  2. Bill Baillie
    Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922
    [1908]
    Published: Whitecombe and Tombs, Melbourne
  3. Rowan, Marian Ellis (1848 - 1922), Biographical Entry
    [2002]
    Published: Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
  4. Ellis Rowan (1848-1922)
    Harvey, Rod
    Published: Australian National Botancial Gardens
  5. Flower Paintings of Ellis Rowan: from the collection of the National Library of Australia
    Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922
    [1987]
    Published: National Library of Australia, Canberra
  6. Ellis Rowan 1848-1922: A Biographical Sketch
    Collins, Kate
    [1988]
    Published: Oz Publishing, Milton, Qld
  7. Ellis Rowan, A Flower-Hunter in Queensland
    McKay, Judith
    Published: Queensland Museum, South Brisbane
  8. A Flower-Hunter in Queensland & New Zealand
    Rowan, Ellis
    [1898]
    Published: Angus & Robertson, Sydney
  9. Press Opinions of Mrs F C Rowan's Water-color Flower Drawings
    [[1905]]
    Published: Stenlake & Simpson, Printers, [London]
  10. Botanical and Wildlife Artist, Intrepid Explorer and Writer
    Whitaker, Dinah
    [1966]
  11. Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
    Australian National University
    [2006]
  12. Rowan, Marian Ellis (1848-1922)
    Hazzard, Margaret
    [2006]
    Published: Australian National University
  13. A Guide to the Trees
    Lounsberry, Alice
    [c1900]
    Published: Frederick A Stokes Co., New York
  14. Where are the Women in Australian science?
    Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
  15. 200 Australian Women: A Redress Anthology
    Radi, Heather
    [1988]
    Published: Women's Redress Press, Sydney
  16. The Human Side of Trees: Wonders of the World
    Dixon, Royal
    [c1917]
    Published: Frederick A Stokes Co., New York
  17. Southern Wild Flowers and Trees: Together with Shrubs, Vines and various forms of growth through the Mountains, the Middle District and the Low Country of the South
    Lounsberry, Alice
    [1901]
    Published: Frederick A Stokes, New York
  18. A Guide to the Wild Flowers
    Lounsberry, Alice
    [1899]
    Published: Frederick A Stokes, New York
  19. Cutting book of Ellis Rowan
    [1895 - 1922]
    Scrapbook containing cuttings relating to Ellis Rowan's paintings of Australian wildflowers and some correspondence concerning the purchase of her collection by the Australian Commonwealth government.
    0.02 m, 1 v
    National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
    MS 2203
  20. Papers of Ellis Rowan
    [1873 - 1895]
    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.
    0.01 m
    National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
    MS 2206
  21. Collection of papers relating to Ellis Rowan
    [1892 - 1896]
    Letters, 1892-1896 to Mrs. Ellis Rowan and Mr. Charles Ryan, Ellis Rowan's father. The letters discuss the identification of plants in Rowan's art work by Baron von Mueller, as well as an appeal to Rowan to support endeavours to mobilise an Admiralty expedition to the Antarctic. It also includes a draft preface to a proposed publication of Ellis Rowan's work, presumably written by the publishers, and biographical notes on Ellis Rowan, prepared in 1956.
    0.01 m, 1 folder
    National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
    MS 422

Resources By Marian Ellis Rowan (846)

  1. The flower hunter : Ellis Rowan / [text by] Patricia Fullerton
    Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922
    [Book : 2002]
  2. The flower hunter : the adventures in Northern Australia and New Zealand, of flower painter Ellis Rowan / Ellis Rowan
    Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922
    [Book, Audio book : 1898-2004]
  3. Flower paintings of Ellis Rowan : from the collection of the National Library of Australia / with an introduction by Margaret Hazzard and notes on the flowers by Helen Hewson
    Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922
    [Book : 1980-1987]
  4. A flower-hunter in Queensland & New Zealand by Mrs. Rowan
    Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922
    [Book : 1898]
    Available online
  5. Ellis Rowan : 9th to 30th April 1988, Scheding Berry Fine Art and Josef Lebovic Gallery, 34 Paddington St, Paddington, Sydney
    Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922
    [Book : 1988]
  6. Bill Baillie : his life and adventures / by Ellis Rowan ; with eight coloured illustrations by the author and numerous black and white drawings by Jack Sommers
    Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922
    [Book : 1908]
  7. Ellis Rowan : Scheding Berry Fine Art and Josef Lebovic Gallery, 24th May to 9th June 1990
    Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922
    [Book : 1990]
  8. Paintings by Ellis Rowan : from the collection of EMS Casey
    Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922
    [Book : 2003]
  9. A festival of Ellis Rowan flower paintings : exhibition ... at 'Yarrabee' Botanic Gardens of Adelaide, February 26-March 26, 1988 / presented by the Board of the Botanic Gardens, the Friends of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide, the Adelaide Festival
    Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922
    [Book : 1988]
  10. Ellis Rowan : [exhibition] Scheding Berry Fine Art and Josef Lebovic Gallery, Paddington, 9th to 30th April 1988
    Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922
    [Book : 1988]

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  1. Journal of Ellis Rowan
    Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922
    [Unpublished : 1859-1870]
  2. Cutting book
    Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922
    [Unpublished : 1895-1922]
  3. Papers
    Rowan, Ellis, 1848-1922
    [Unpublished : 1873-1895]