Historical information

Annie Jessup, an artist, was the youngest daughter of the well-known Australian self-taught artist, Alfred William Eustace. Like her father, Annie created some of her oil landscape paintings on gum leaves. Her older brother Sidney presented one of her paintings to the Chiltern Athenaeum together with his own timber collection.

Significance

Annie Jessup, and artist, was the daughter of the well-known Australian self-taught artist Alfred William Eustace.

Physical description

Photograph of an oil painting on gum leaf by Annie Jessup, under glass on blue paper in a reddish plastic timber-look frame.

Inscriptions & markings

Artist's signature on bottom right hand corner of photograph: Annie Jessup/ Myrniong
Sticker on back: MADE IN/ CHINA/ FABRIQUE'AU/ CHINE