![]() ![]() She shared a studio with her lifelong friend Maie Ryan, with whom she co-authored an unfinished novel, 'Portrait of Anna', and, in 1920, exhibited her work. In 1916-20 Miss Weigall studied at the National Gallery schools under Bernard Hall and Frederick McCubbin. First educated by governesses, she then attended Clyde Girls’ Grammar School, East St Kilda (dux 1913), where she briefly edited the school magazine and designed the school crest. Tucker, who was to become her beloved stepfather in 1934. She grew up in a comfortable and stable household, frequently enlivened by visits from guests such as her cousins Penleigh and Martin Boyd, and from friends of her parents, including Sir Isaac Isaacs, and Professor T. Joan’s maternal grandfather, Sir Robert Hamilton, was governor of Tasmania (1887-93), and her great uncle, Sir William à Beckett, the first chief justice of Victoria. Joan à Beckett Lindsay (1896-1984), author and artist, was born on 16 November 1896 at East St Kilda, Melbourne, third daughter of Theyre à Beckett Weigall, barrister, and his wife Annie Sophie Henrietta, née Hamilton. ![]()
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