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Isabella Bissett (c. 1828 - 23 April 1870) was a Scottish painter. She emigrated to Canada in the 1850s and continued painting there.

Life
She was the daughter of James Bissett (born c. 1796), a portrait painter. They stayed in Gardener's Brae in Banff in 1841.

She stayed in John Street in Pittenweem with her two sisters Helena (born c. 1832) and Margaret (born c. 1825). Another sister Jane (born c. 1827) was not in the household in 1851.

She emigrated to Canada before 1858 and then stayed in Peterborough, Ontario.

Art
In 1848 she exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy her works: Smugglers On The Outlook - Scene Near Newark Castle, Coast Of Fife and ''Repose Of Gipsies.

In 1851 she exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy her work: Glenburn Bridge, Kingsford, Aberdeenshire.

While in Canada, she painted works like Catskill Landscape and Hudson Valley Landscape.

Death
She died on 23 April 1870 in Peterborough, Ontario. It was remarked that she died after a lingering illness. It was noted as phthisis on the death certificate, now known as tuberculosis.