Background
Her father was John Lamont, a stationer and printer.
Her father was John Lamont, a stationer and printer.
Elish Lamont or Elish Louisiana Mont(e) (c1800/1816 – 28 July 1870) was an Irish miniaturist. She went to London to train as a miniaturist, upon completing this training she returned to Belfast. She established herself as a professional artist by 1837.
She opened a boarding and day school with a Mission Rock in 1851.
The prospectus of which outlined that Lamont as an experienced tutor, with experience in England, France, and Germany. However, her involvement with the school had ceased by 1856.
Lamont moved to an address on Clare Street, Dublin in 1857, living there until 1859. Lamont died on 28 July 1870, at Boley Hill, Rochester, Kent.