Adelaide Ironside

Adelaide Eliza Scott Ironside (17 November 1831 – 15 April 1867) was an Australian artist. Three of her paintings were donated to Australian national collections, but in 1888 they were in "a shed". They were then moved to Sydney University and "The Marriage at Cana" is at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Adelaide Eliza Scott Ironside
portrait from Australian Town & Country Journal
Born	(1831-11-17)17 November 1831 Sydney, Australia
Died	15 April 1867(1867-04-15) (aged 35) Rome, Italy
Known for	Painting

Life

Ironside was born in Sydney, only surviving child of James Ironside, commission agent, and his wife Martha Rebecca, née Redman.^[1] Her grandfather was Sydney's Chief Gaoler and had been himself transported to Australia for forgery.^[2] She was educated by her mother.^[1] She was said to be the first Australian born woman artist to study abroad.^[3] Ironside was visited by the Prince of Wales and William Charles Wentworth, who each paid £500 for a painting.^[1]

Ironside died in Rome on 15 April 1867 of tuberculosis.^[1] She taken back to London and interred at West Norwood Cemetery.^[2]

Marriage at Cana of Galilee, 1861 and reworked two years later

The Marriage at Cana of Galilee was presented to the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1992 by the Warden and Fellows of the college.^[4]

Ironside was posthumously inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2001.^[5]