Mrs John Pascoe Fawkner

Bust of Mrs John Pascoe Fawkner. Eliza Cobb (1801-79) was a convict, transported to Hobart in 1818. She married John Pascoe Fawkner four years later. They were married for 51 years.

 

William Strutt, circa 1856. Painting: oil on canvas.

 

Accession number: H32027

 

From the State Library of Victoria's Pictures Collection.

 

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