Emily Mary Barton b. 1817

Also known as Emily Mary Darvall
  • Artist (Painter)
Emigrating to Australia in 1839 with her parents, Emily Mary Barton married soon after and lived in rural New South Wales during which time she published poetry. She was said to be an accomplished portrait painter, although no works survive.

Citations

  • Long, Jeremy (ed), 'Strugglers and Settlers: Darvall Family Letters 1839-1949’.

  • Barton, E. M. (1907), 'Straws on the Stream’, Sydney, new edition 1910, (facsimile reprint 1986).

  • Clarke, Patricia (2000), 'Rosa! Rosa! A Life of Rosa Praed, Novelist and Spiritualist’, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Macmillan, D. (1966), 'The Kater Family 1750-1965’, Sydney, NSW.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870