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Elizabeth Patrick (c. 1834 - 17 October 1923) was a Scottish painter. She was one of the eight founders of the Glasgow Society of Lady Artists.

Life
Her father was John Patrick (14 February 1804 - 4 May 1854), a yarn merchant from Kilsyth. He was buried in Glasgow Necropolis on 5 May 1854; lair 58 Gamma.

Her mother was Mary Reid (1 July 1803 - 18 May 1861) from Glasgow. John and Mary's marriage was not recorded at the time. Their marriage was confirmed as an irregular marriage in the Barony church records of 6 May 1854, after John died.

Elizabeth Patrick was born c. 1834 in Glasgow.

1841 census - Barony Place.

1851 census - 25 Belgrove Street

1861 census - 11 Hopeton Place.

1871 census - 2 Carnarvon Street.

1881 census - 280 Bath Street.

1891 census - 6 Brookland Street, Bothwell.

1901 census - 61 Park Drive

Art
By 1848, the Glasgow School of Art was accepting women as students.

In 1855 Elizabeth Patrick was appointed its first female teacher.

In June 1855 Elizabeth Patrick was employed as an assistant teacher at the Glasgow School of Art; her salary was £10 per year. In the autumn of 1861 she was appointed to the new ‘special class for females’, and by 1872 she was earning £40 per year (Governors’ Minutes, Glasgow School of Art, 5 June 1855 and 29 November 1869). Obviously, like Greenlees, selling watercolour pictures supplemented her income.

Death
She died on 17 October 1923 at Dunscore, Castlehead, Paisley. The value of her estate was given as £1722, 5 shillings and 8 pence.

Confirmation of the death was given by Angus Maclean, also staying at Dunscore. Maclean was the principal of Paisley Technical College. Dunscore was a villa gifted to the Technical College for the use of their principal by the Paisley engineer and shipbuilder William Bow.