Henrietta Maria Gulliver (29 October 1866 – 15 July 1945) was an Australian artist who specialized in landscape and floralstill-life paintings. She was also aflorist,horticulturalist andlandscape designer.
Henrietta grew up inSale, in Eastern Victoria. She was the fifth of eight children born topharmacist Robert Shanklin and Maria Barbara née Ronalds, who was a professionalfly tier and daughter of renownedfly fishermanAlfred Ronalds.[1][2] Henrietta married George Ekins Gulliver in 1900 and had two daughters. Gulliver was a successful and wealthy pharmacist who developed and manufactured the famous Australian drug "Laxettes".[3] They spent the majority of their married life in theMelbourne area although they also lived for several years inCapel, Surrey in England.[4]Sam Griffiths is one of their great-grandsons.
Henrietta had moved to Melbourne around 1885 to work for her uncle Nathaniel Ronalds, who was a leadingnurseryman andflorist.[5] She then opened her own florist business in the city centre which quickly gained a strong reputation. After her marriage she was able to design and create substantial garden estates inCheltenham andSassafras, both of which were widely admired.[4]
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^Ronalds, B.F. (2020). "Nathaniel Ronalds: Nurseryman and florist".Australian Garden History Journal.32 (1):24–27.
^Peer, J. (1993).More than Just Gumtrees. Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors.
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^Smith, P.M. (2018).Mavericks and masters: Centenary of the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society 1918-2018. Melbourne: Twenty Melbourne Painters Society Inc.
