Author talk:Frances Ewan

=Sources= Research shows that was illustrating for Australian authors from 1897 to 1913. No evidence of birth, death or marriage (search of NSW and Qld). Suspect from works done that living in Queensland or northern New South Wales.

Trove shows advertisements for works illustrated, though no commentary of the person.

There is a passenger shipping record for a Miss F. Ewan in 1917 to Queensland, though details on record are scarce. — billinghurst  sDrewth  03:42, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Further research tends to indicate that this was a stable illustrator for the publisher Blackie & Co. Earlier works for England and Sumatra. An article in the Manchester News (AFTERNOON CHAT.) Friday, August 1, 1890; Issue 1723 talks about Frances Ewan from Manchester who had just won the Princess of Wales's scholarship in the National Art Competition. That being the case ...

Frances Ann Elizabeth Ewan Birth: 4 May 1870 - Lancashire, England Death: Sep 1965 - Penzance, Cornwall, England Parents: John Ewan, Flora Mcfie Lyon
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Baptism
NAME: 	Frances Ann Elizabeth Ewan FATHER: 	John Ewan BIRTH: 	4 May 1870 - Lancashire, England BAPTISM: 	5 Jun 1870 - Manchester, Lancashire, England

Birth
Name:	Frances Ann E Ewan Registration Year:	1870 Jun Q. Registration district:	Chorlton Volume:	8c Page:	681
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Death
Name:	Frances E A Ewan Date of Registration:	Sep 1965 Age at Death:	95 Registration district:	Penzance Volume:	7a Page:	106
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Houfe
Ewan has an entry in Simon Houfe, The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists, 1800-1914, p. 297, as fl. 1897-1929. "Figure painter". Working at Cricklewood, London, 1907; St Ives, Cornwall, 1929. In the English Illustrated Magazine, 1897. Charles Matthews (talk) 05:40, 6 July 2020 (UTC)