Georgiana: A Biography of Georgiana McCrae, Painter, Diarist, Pioneer (Miegunyah Press Series) - Hardcover
The full story of Georgiana Hundy McCrae, illegitimate daughter of a Scottish duke, a professional portrait painter in 1820s Edinburgh and a settler's wife in early Melbourne, is here told for the first time.
By allowing Georgiana's own voice to be heard through her letters and journals Brenda Niall has brought a legendary colonial figure into authentic, vibrant life. As a career study of a woman painter who was ahead of her time in her professional ambitions, as a story of the personal cost of colonial displacement, and as a portrait of a stormy marriage, Georgiana is compelling reading.
By allowing Georgiana's own voice to be heard through her letters and journals Brenda Niall has brought a legendary colonial figure into authentic, vibrant life. As a career study of a woman painter who was ahead of her time in her professional ambitions, as a story of the personal cost of colonial displacement, and as a portrait of a stormy marriage, Georgiana is compelling reading.
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Winner of the Fellowship of Australian Writers Australian Unity Award, 1994 and Winner of the 1995 Victorian Premier's Literary Award (Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-fiction.)
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Brenda Niall is Reader in English at Monash University.
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- PublisherMelbourne University Press
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0522845134
- ISBN 13 9780522845136
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages344
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprint. Dustwrapper, pp.xviii, 344. Colour, bw ills. The life story of the Scottish Dukes daughter who became a professional portrait painter in Edinburgh before emigrating to Australia and continuing her profession. Small dint on wrapper cover seam else fine in dustwrapper Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 002058
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Georgiana; a Biography of Georgiana McCrae, Painter, Diarist, Pioneer
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Book Description Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Various (illustrator). Reprint. 24x16cm. xvii. 344p. With a catalogue of the plates by Caroline Clemente. Notes, Bibliography, Index. Comprehesive biography of the Scottish painter who settled in Melbourne in the 1820's. With 35 black and white & colour illustrations, including works of Georgiana McCrae; Second impression of the First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0522845134. ISBN/EAN: 9780522845136. Inventory No: 0272526. Seller Inventory # 0272526
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Georgiana: A Biography of Georgiana McCrae, Painter, Diarist, Pioneer. With a Catalogue of the Plates by Caroline Clemente
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. xvii, 344pp, 16pp colour and 8pp b/w plates, bibliography, index. Green boards in jacket. The full story of Georgiana Huntly McCrae, a professional portrait painter in 1820s Edinburgh, and a settler's wife in early Melbourne, is told here for the first time. Number 18 in the Miegunyah Press Series. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 027862
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This second printing of the first edition has been personally inscribed by the author. It is the biography of Georgiana Huntly Mccrae, a professional portrait painter in the 1820s Edinburgh and a settler's wife in early Melbourne . This book traces her from her London student art days to her death in 1890 in suburban Melbourne.Both the book and dust jacket are in fine condition. Language: eng. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 12112
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: F. Dust Jacket Condition: F. Reprint. F/F. 8vo. original green boards gilt (trifling erasure mark to FFE, else clean and bright throughout) in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed & bumped); pp. xviii (last blank), 344, with illustrations. A fine copy. Number 18 in the Miegunyah Press Series. Seller Inventory # 027672
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. xvii 344 pages, indexed, annotated, bibliography, illustrated with coloured and black and white plates. The front end paper is slightly damaged by what looks like the removal of a book plate, else immaculate. "After a childhood among artists, French emigres and English radicals in Regency London, Georgiana lived as a young woman at her father s castle in the Highlands. A gifted portraitist, professionally trained in London, she earned her own living in Edinburgh before making the choice between marriage and a career. After marrying Andrew McCrae in 1830 she followed her husband in his erratic progress from Edinburgh to London and then to Port Phillip, where he was successively lawyer, squatter and goldfields magistrate. The varied fortunes of the McCraes are recounted in a story whose tragic elements are counter-balanced by the strength of mind, the lively wit and creativity of Georgiana. By allowing Georgiana's own voice to be heard through her letters and journals Brenda Niall has brought a legendary colonial figure into authentic vibrant life." (Publisher). Seller Inventory # 021154
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