Background
Edith was born in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, the second daughter and fifth child of Henry Edenborough and Margaret Stedman.
Edith was born in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, the second daughter and fifth child of Henry Edenborough and Margaret Stedman.
The Edenborough family came from Leicestershire, but relocated to London, where they became prosperous merchants in hosiery and silk. Henry Edenborough was a sea captain and made several voyages to Australia between 1833 and 1837, deciding to settle there in 1840. He acquired a farm south of Goulburn known as "Wollogorang" and built "a handsome two-storey brick and stone rubble building notable for its interesting French windows and its impressive outbuildings".
This was the family home until 1854 when Henry and Margaret sold the property to John William Chisholm, and returned to England with their family of six children.
Henry died in 1855 at Chesham Lodge in Surrey, aged 43. In 1876 they both stayed in Venice.
Olivia Rossetti Agresti wrote: "Costa had a very high opinion of this artist"s gifts and used to remember with pleasure how on that occasion they used to go out together to paint from nature at Fusino" (Agresti, 1904). Edith Murch frequently exhibited from 1880 to 1890 at the Grosvenor Gallery and the New Gallery.
She died in Hampstead, north London.