Emily Susan Paterson b. 2 June 1841

Also known as Emily Susan Barton
  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Painter)
An accomplished painter and craftworker, Emily Paterson's watercolours of native Australian birds and flowers were exhibited extensively with the NSW Academy of Art. Paterson, the aunt of poet A.B 'Banjo' Paterson, was raised in central western NSW before relocating to Sydney.

Citations

  • Halliday, Judith (1978), 'Some Notes on the Family Background of My Mother, Hester B. Paterson’, Maitland.

  • (1992), 'Emily Paterson’, Kerr, Joan, ed., The Dictionary of Australian Artists… to 1870, Melbourne, NSW.

  • (1872), Sydney Mail, March, 9.

  • (1872), Sydney Mail, March, 16.

  • 'Murray-Prior Family Papers’, ms 7801, National Library of Australia.

  • (1872), Sydney Mail, May, 11.

  • (1874), Sydney Mail, October, 17.

  • (1870), Sydney Morning Herald, September, 1.

  • (1939), Sydney Morning Herald, October, 25.

See also

  • 'ADD section 2, plate 59'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage with additions