About Eileen Cowan
Lived 1892 – 1968 (aged 75). Eileen Cowan was a New Zealand illustrator and painter.
Eileen Constance Cowan ( Stowell; 1892–1968) was a New Zealand illustrator and painter.
Biography Eileen Constance Stowell was born on 13 June 1892 to Henry Matthew Stowell (Hāre Hongi), interpreter and geologist, and Mary Robson of Te Āti Awa. On 8 September 1913, Stowell married James Cowan, a New Zealand writer and historian, following his first wife's, Eunice Cowan, death in 1909. They had two sons, John and Roy.
She illustrated and took photographs for several of her husband's publications. She also produced watercolour paintings. Hongi's Track, Lake Rotoiti, illustrated in 1915?
Cowan died on 2 June 1968, and was buried in Mākara Cemetery, Wellington.
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New Zealand illustrator (1892–1968)
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Eileen Cowan was born on 13 June 1892 in Hāwera.
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Eileen Cowan died on 2 June 1968 in Brooklyn.
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Eileen Cowan was an illustrator and painter.
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Eileen Cowan was New Zealand.
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