Emma Macpherson b.

Also known as Emma Blake
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Colonial female author and artist who painted watercolours of landscapes during her brief residence in Australia before returning to Scotland with her husband to live in an inherited castle.

Citations

  • 'NSW Birth Records : 11542/1857; 8458/1861’.

  • Griffiths, N. (1954), 'Some Northern Homes of New South Wales’, Sydney, NSW.

  • McBryde, I. (1978), 'Records of Times Past’, Canberra, ACT.

  • Kerr, J. (1992), 'Emma MacPherson’, Heritage, ed. Kerr, J. Sydney, NSW.

  • Macpherson, A. (c.1877), 'Mount Abundance; or, the Experiences of a Pioneer Squatter in Australia Thirty Years Ago’, London.

  • Macpherson, Emma (1860), 'My Experiences in Australia by a Lady’, London.

See also

  • 'Emma Macpherson, Encampment in the Bush 1856, watercolour, 18.5 x 26.8 cm, from her sketchbook,. Mitchell Library'.
  • 'Heritage section 6, plate 226'.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book