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LADDS, Elizabeth S.

Born
Nova Scotia, 1837
Died
Halifax, 1922
Biography synopsis
Born in Nova Scotia to Irish parents, Elizabeth S. Ladds was a resident of St. John, New Brunswick and of Halifax County, Nova Scotia. Her mother, Hannah Ladds, owned property in both provinces. Like a number of women who were painting in Nova Scotia at the time, Ladds is thought to have attended art classes at Dalhousie College. Chiefly a painter in watercolours, Ladds depicted scenes in the lives of First Nations people (Mi'kmaq) in Nova Scotia. Today, eight of her watercolours can be found in the collection of the Nova Scotia Museum. Ladds is also thought to have painted a watercolour entitled ‘Mahone Bay, N.S.’ which was shown in the exhibition "Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art" at the National Gallery of Canada in 1967.
Media used
Painting
Watercolour
File & Archive locations
University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
Library and Archives Canada, ON - Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Nova Scotia Museum
Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
University of British Columbia Archives
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Writings about
Farr, Dorothy and Luckyj, Natalie. From Women's Eyes: Women Painters in Canada. Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1975
Field, Robert Henning. Traditional Decorative Folk Art 1780-1930. Halifax: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1985
Harper, J. Russell. Early Painters and Engravers in Canada Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1970
Hubbard, R. H. and J. R. Ostiguy. Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art: An Exhibition Arranged in Celebration of the Century of Confederation. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1967
Lord, Barry. The History of Painting in Canada: Towards a people's art. Toronto: NC Press, 1974
McKendry, Blake. A to Z of Canadian Art: Artists and Art Terms. Kingston: B. McKendry, 1997
McKendry, Blake. Dictionary of Folk Artists in Canada: From the 17th Century to the Present. Elginburg: Blake McKendry, 1988
Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics. "Elizabeth S. Ladds." https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=83-540&Event=death&ID=162223 Halifax: Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, 2009
Nova Scotia Supreme Court. The Nova Scotia Reports: Cases Argued in Nova Scotia Supreme Court. Halifax: Carswell Company, 1873
O'Neill, Mora, Dianne. "A Path to Learning: Early Nova Scotian Women Artists." Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Journal 39 (Spring/Summer 2012): 26
Petteys, Chris, et al. Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1985

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