Kammala jumla mai zuwa: 'Yan uwan Montalba sun kasance masu ba da gudummawa na yau da kullun ga Nunin bazara na Royal Academy a cikin shekarun 1870. Ellen ta yi karatu a Makarantun Kensington ta Kudu, wanda daga baya ya zama Kwalejin Fasaha ta Royal, kuma a Turai, tana zaune a Venice tare da iyalinta. Ta zana hotuna, nazarin adadi da shimfidar wurare gami da hotunan girman rayuwa. Daga cikin hotunan da ta nuna akwai ɗayan 'yar'uwarta Clara da kuma ɗaya daga cikin Princess Louise. Ta nuna aikinta a
Ginin Mata a 1893 World's Columbian Exposition a Birnin Chicago, Illinois.