Martha Maria Snell Berkeley (18 August 1813 – 7 July 1899) was an Australian artist.
Born in
Keynsham, England on 18 August 1813, she married Captain Charles Berkeley before migrating to Australia in 1836 with him and her sister,
Theresa Walker
Theresa Snell Walker (1807 – 17 April 1876) was an Australian sculptor and wax modeller who created medallion portraits.
Born in England, Walker migrated to Australia with her sister, Martha Berkeley, and brother-in-law Captain Charles Berkel ...
(who became Australia's first female sculptor). They sailed to South Australia on board the John Renwick.
Her work is included in the collections of the
Art Gallery of South Australia and the
National Library of Australia
The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the ''National Library Act 1960'' for "mainta ...
.
Berkeley died in
Camberwell, Victoria
Camberwell is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Boroondara local government area. Camberwell recorded a population of 21,965 at the 2021 census.
...
on 7 July 1899. At least two daughters survived her.
References
1813 births
1899 deaths
19th-century Australian women artists
19th-century Australian painters
19th-century English women artists
19th-century English painters
British emigrants to the Colony of South Australia
People from Keynsham
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