Edward Minchen
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Edward William Minchen/Minchin (25 June 1852 – 1913) was an Australian botanical artist.
Minchen was born in Middle Swan, Perth, Western Australia, 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 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 - 26 May 1901, Mooroopna, Victoria), son of James Minchin (1799-1837) and Elizabeth Tewlett, on 24 August 1851 at Middle Swan. James, a carpenter, was the brother of Hester/Esther Minchin (20 August 1828 Petersfield, Hampshire - 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 with her parents on board the [http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/shipping/success.htm Success] on 22 March 1843.
James had arrived at Fremantle from Portsmouth with his parents on board the [http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/shipping/wa-0011.htm Caroline] on 12 October 1829. James and his family went to Victoria some time in the 1850s, where James worked as a carpenter and wheelwright.[http://www.minchinfamily.bigpondhosting.com/3011.htm Elizabeth Fisher] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070906150443/http://www.minchinfamily.bigpondhosting.com/3011.htm |date=6 September 2007 }} at www.minchinfamily.bigpondhosting.com[http://www.chaucery.com/genealogy/dyGed.cgi?page=I348 Edward William Minchin (25 Jun 1852 - )] at www.chaucery.com[https://archive.today/20120707184422/http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/AUS-SAGEN/2000-11/0975632808 RootsWeb: AUS-SAGEN-L NEW PERSON - FISHER - England to South Australia] at archiver.rootsweb.com
Publications
- [http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/pubotbin/toccer-new?id=p00110_plates.sgml&images=acdp/gifs&data=/usr/ot&tag=uslhistory&part=1&division=div1 The Flowering Plants and Ferns of New South Wales]
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External links
- [http://www.anbg.gov.au/gallery/art-by-artist.html Australian National Botanic Gardens]
- [http://www.minchinfamily.bigpondhosting.com/3011.htm Minchin family genealogy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070906150443/http://www.minchinfamily.bigpondhosting.com/3011.htm |date=6 September 2007 }}
See also
- List of Australian botanical illustrators
- [http://www.cpbr.gov.au/biography/minchen-edward-william.html Minchen, Edward William (1852 - 1913)]
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Category:Artists from Perth, Western Australia
Category:Australian botanical illustrators
Category:19th-century Australian painters
Category:19th-century Australian male artists
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Category:20th-century Australian male artists
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Category:19th-century Australian lithographers