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Georgiana Huntly McCrae (15 March 1804 – 24 May 1890) was an English-Australian painter and diarist. Early life. Born in London, McCrae was the illegitimate daughter of George Gordon, the Marquess of Huntly, son and heir to Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon.
Georgiana Huntly McCrae (1804-1890), artist and diarist, was born on 15 March 1804, in London, the natural daughter of George, marquis of Huntly, afterwards fifth Duke of Gordon ('Cock o' the North, ma Huntly braw'), and Jane, daughter of Ralph Graham of Rockmoor.
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miniaturist, portrait painter, sketcher, architect and diarist, was born in London on 15 March 1804, natural daughter of George, fifth Duke of Gordon, and Jane Graham of Rockmoor, Scotland. Acknowledged as the duke’s daughter, she was at first privately educated then attended a convent in London.
Georgiana McCrae. McCrae Homestead is an historic property located in McCrae, Victoria, Australia. It was built at the foot of Arthurs Seat, a small mountain, near the shores of Port Phillip in 1844 by Andrew McCrae, a lawyer, and his wife Georgiana Huntly McCrae, a portrait artist of note.
Georgiana McCrae, artist and writer, journeyed to Melbourne in 1841 before becoming an early settler at Arthur's Seat. Before marriage to lawyer Andrew McCrae and immigration to Port Phillip, Georgiana Huntly McCrae (1804 – 1890) had been a professional portraitist, an unconventional career for a woman of her time.
Letter from Alexander McCrae to Georgiana, his mother, May 1845. The McCrae Homestead. The Homestead was built in 1844 in an area unsettled by other European pioneers. This makes it one of Victoria’s oldest homesteads and an important reminder of the state’s pioneer settlers.
There is no doubt that Georgiana McCrae was an exceptional woman of nineteenth century Melbourne and the Port Phillip Bay region. She was of aristocratic background and always regretted having to migrate to a rough colonial outpost.
