Eileen Constance Cowan ( Stowell; 1892–1968) was a New Zealand illustrator and painter.
Biography Eileen Constance Stowell was born on 13 June 1892 to Henry Matthew Stowell (Hāre Hongi), interpreter and geologist, and Mary Robson of Te Āti Awa.David Colquhoun. 'Cowan, James', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996, updated . Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3c36/cowan-james (accessed 25 October 2024) On 8 September 1913, Stowell married James Cowan, a New Zealand writer and historian, following his first wife's, Eunice Cowan, death in 1909. They had two sons, John and Roy.
She illustrated and took photographs for several of her husband's publications. She also produced watercolour paintings.
The National Library of New Zealand, which holds the Cowan family papers, has several of her drawings, paintings and photographs. These include:
A copy of Ranolf and Amohia by Alfred Domett that Cowan had illustrated extensively. Maori canoes on Lake Rotomahana, with Tarawera in eruption, 1886, illustrated in 1915 Hongi's Track, Lake Rotoiti, illustrated in 1915?
Cowan died on 2 June 1968, and was buried in Mākara Cemetery, Wellington.
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