Thank You! I have now marked this message as Completed. I have found a great deal of info regarding Ann and her work from online searches, which led also me to Mansfield Museum in Nottinghamshire. The curator at that Museum was very helpful to me. I was able to purchase a 1956 book about Ann, her work and life in England and Australia which also had the bonus of info re my great-grandparents, etc etc. . images of some of her paintings. Its a great little book, even reported a letter to Ann, that told her my great grandmother Jane Dunnell, had run away from home and married Henry Mathews, my great grandfather!
And to top it all off, the Curator told me that when I am in England later on this year, that she will be happy to show me those of Ann's paintings that are in their collection!
This has not been a long hard search for Ann, I only became aware of her existence just a couple of months ago, so how lucky is that!
I still looking for two great great grandmothers in my line (not this line) in Ireland! neither is named on the connected 1845 marriage, just the fathers! One day maybe. I've found one of them, but no maiden name on either to take me back to their generation! Oh well, can't win 'em all, but this find re Ann has got to be my best and quickest find ever! AND ithe book only cost me £2, plus postage of about £6. By the time I came out of the Bank to transfer the money to England, which was the sum of £10, my account had been debited with almost $50 NZ, the equivalent of about £25 Sterling.
So that Bank made out a pretty penny out of that deal, however, if that's all that this particular piece of my research has cost me, I'm a lucky lass! And thank you again Chempat for your contribution at the beginning!
Still a bit peeved at the Bank though that can justify those charges simply for pushing a few buttons!
I would have been happy to pay that amount for the book alone, amazingly lucky for me that it was a well researched Council produced book, and only cost £2. So all is good!
Jeanne 😃