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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
