Collection Item
Margaret Moore Smail 1858
The daughter of a farmer, Margaret Moore Smail arrived in New South Wales from Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1844. She and her husband Alexander had seven children.
At the time of her death she owned a store and bakehouse and two allotments on the north side of Argyle Street, and a parcel of land on the south side of Argyle Street, Millers Point, as well as 10 acres (4 hectares) at Clarence Town, near Maitland.
Seven-year-old John, dressed in a frock, stands to the left, and five-year-old Isabella on the right.
Collection Item Type:
Oil on canvas
Call Number:
ML 647
Published date:
1858
On display:
Exhibition Galleries
Copyright Information:
Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Display Location:
Exhibition Galleries
Historical Dates
Started
Friday, 1 January 1858
Finished
Friday, 31 December 1858