Lucelle Frances Beetham
New Zealand artist
About Lucelle Frances Beetham
Lived 1842 – 1910 (aged 68). Lucelle Frances Beetham was a New Zealand painter, botanical illustrator and scientific illustrator.
Lucelle Frances Beetham (née Swainson; 24 March 1842 – 11 October 1910) was a New Zealand artist and natural history illustrator.
Personal life Lucelle Frances Swainson was born on 24 March 1842, the second daughter of the naturalist William Swainson and Anne Grasby. She grew up in the Hutt Valley; on 17 September 1863 she married magistrate and artist Richmond Beetham, moving with him to Queenstown in the 1870s. producing several botanical and bird studies. Some of her works are now held in the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington.
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New Zealand artist (1842-1910)
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Lucelle Frances Beetham was born on 24 March 1842 in Hutt Valley.
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Lucelle Frances Beetham died on 11 October 1910 in Nelson.
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Lucelle Frances Beetham was a painter, botanical illustrator and scientific illustrator.
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Lucelle Frances Beetham was New Zealand.
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