Doris Boyd

Doris Lucy Eleanor Bloomfield Boyd (née Gough; 20 November 1888[2] – 13 June 1960) was an Australian artist, painter and ceramicist.

Doris grew up in an unusual household, in which her mother's buoyant spirit, radical politics and Christian Science faith contrasted with her father's conservative background and temperament.

Bunbury Gough was a Lieutenant in the Victorian Navy between 1885 and 1888, a high rank at the time.

[3][4] Doris Gough studied under Bernard Hall and Frederick McCubbin at the National Gallery School where she met Merric Boyd, a fellow student and potter.

[8] With a strong faith in Christian Science, Doris influenced her husband, an epileptic, to convert in his latter years.

Ironclad HMVS Cerberus with training ship HMVS Nelson at a distance, Victorian Naval Force ships
Graves of Doris and Merric Boyd at Brighton General Cemetery