Fanny Amelia Bayfield (''née'' Wright; 1813/14 – September 11, 1891) was an English-born Canadian artist and educator.

Career

The daughter of Charles Wright, a captain in the Royal Engineers, Bayfield was born in Kensington and reputedly studied art in England with an instructor who also taught

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. She came to

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in 1833 when her father was posted to Quebec. In 1838, Bayfield married Captain

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, a surveyor; the couple had four sons and two daughters. In 1841, she moved with her husband to Charlottetown. She taught painting and possibly music to women there. The Esplanade, Quebec City - Fanny Amelia Bayfield.jpg, L anse du Cul-de-Sac et quai du Roi.jpg, Works attributed to Bayfield (she did not sign her work) are held in the collections of the Glenbow Foundation in Calgary and the

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in Charlottetown. She died in Charlottetown at the age of 77. Her granddaughter presented an album of wildflowers in watercolour, ''Canadian wild flowers'', to Library and Archives Canada.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bayfield, Fanny Amelia Year of birth uncertain 1891 deaths Canadian women painters 19th-century Canadian educators Canadian women educators 19th-century women educators English emigrants to Canada People from Kensington