Ellen Louise Clacy
English artist
Ellen Louise Clacy (1853–1916) was a British watercolorist. She participated numerous times with the Royal Academy throughout her career from 1870 to 1916, and her works include landscapes, scenes of rural life, and history painting. She was the daughter of travel writer Ellen Louise Clacy.
Early life
Ellen Louise Clacy was born to the author Ellen Clacy (1830–1901) in 1853 on a boat from Australia to England. Ellen Clacy Sr. (née Sturmer) married mining engineer Charles Berry Clacy in 1854 and resided in England. Beginning in the 1850s, she wrote novels, newspaper and magazine articles, and travel writing under the pseudonym Cycla. She was best known for an account of Australian gold mines A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia from 1852–1853. By 1871, she was describing herself as a widow. The younger Ellen Clacy began her career as a professional artist in the 1870s.
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