Emmeline Maria Macarthur b. 1828

Also known as Emmeline Maria de Falbe, Emmeline Maria Leslie
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Colonial female painter and drawer of the famous Macarthur family who documented her life in pictures that are now missing. Fortunately she refers to these works in her memoirs of a life that included two husbands.

Citations

  • Mowle, L.M. (1978), 'A Genealogical History of Pioneer Families of Australia’, Adelaide, South Australia.

  • de Falbe, E. (1860), 'Recollections and letters’, Sydney, NSW : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, (typescript).

Initial data sources

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