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Edward William Minchen/Minchin (25 June 1852 – 1913) was an Australian botanical artist.
Minchen was born in
Middle Swan
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* Centre (geometry), the point equally distant from the outer limits.
Places
* Middle (sheading), a subdivision of the Isle of Man
* Middle Bay (disambiguation)
* Middle Brook (disambiguation)
* Middle Creek ...
,
Perth, Western Australia
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, the son of James Minchen and Elizabeth Fisher, and had a fairly checkered career pursuing jobs at sea, trades, an attempt at the stage and the National Art Gallery. He ended up working as a lithographer in
New South Wales
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for the Lands Department, the Survey Office and the Government Printer. He often collaborated with Henry Baron (1863-?), a lithographic artist who joined the Government Printer in 1891.
Family
Elizabeth Fisher (*1834), daughter of William Fisher (1803-1878) and Elizabeth Witt Wittle (1808-), at 17, married James Minchin (24 June 1821,
Petersfield, Hampshire
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- 26 May 1901,
Mooroopna
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, Victoria), son of James Minchin (1799-1837) and Elizabeth Tewlett, on 24 August 1851 at
Middle Swan
Middle or The Middle may refer to:
* Centre (geometry), the point equally distant from the outer limits.
Places
* Middle (sheading), a subdivision of the Isle of Man
* Middle Bay (disambiguation)
* Middle Brook (disambiguation)
* Middle Creek ...
. James, a carpenter, was the brother of Hester/Esther Minchin (20 August 1828
Petersfield, Hampshire
Petersfield is a market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is north of Portsmouth. The town has its own railway station on the Portsmouth Direct line, the mainline rail link connecting Portsmouth a ...
- 11 September 1900 South Australia), who had married Elizabeth's brother, Samuel Fisher. James and Elizabeth produced three sons: Edward William Minchin born in 1852; James Henry (1854-1855); James Walter born 1856.
Elizabeth Fisher had arrived at the
Swan River Colony from
London
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with her parents on board the
Success' on 22 March 1843.
James had arrived at
Fremantle from
Portsmouth
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Portsmouth is the most dens ...
with his parents on board the
Caroline' on 12 October 1829. James and his family went to
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
some time in the 1850s, where James worked as a carpenter and wheelwright.
RootsWeb: AUS-SAGEN-L NEW PERSON - FISHER - England to South Australia
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Publications
''The Flowering Plants and Ferns of New South Wales''
Notes
External links
See also
* List of Australian botanical illustrators
This is a list of botanical illustrators who were/are active or born in Australia.
Botanical illustration involves the painting, drawing and illustration of plants and ecosystems. Often meticulously observed, the botanical art tradition combin ...
Minchen, Edward William (1852 - 1913)
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1862 births
1913 deaths
Artists from Perth, Western Australia
Botanical illustrators
Australian lithographers
19th-century Australian painters
19th-century Australian male artists
20th-century Australian painters
20th-century Australian male artists
Australian male painters
20th-century lithographers