Emmeline Emily Parker b. 1808

Also known as Lady Parker, Emmeline Emily Macarthur
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Emmeline Emily Parker was a sketcher and poet. She married Henry Watson Parker who was Premier of New South Wales from 1856-57. Her mother opposed to her decision to marry Henry as she considered him 'bad-tempered, penurious, and narrow-minded'. Parker's album, no longer holds any of her drawings but some of the remaining captions suggest she may have had drawing lessons from Conrad Martens.
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Citations

  • Nairn, B. (1966), 'Sir Henry Watson Parker’, Australian Dictionary of Biography 5, ed. D. Pike, A. Shaw, M. Clark, B. Nairn, G. Serle and R. Ward, vols 1-6, Melbourne 1966-1976.

  • Kerr, J. & Broadbent, J. (1980), 'Gothick Taste in the Colony of New South Wales’, Sydney, NSW.

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

  • Toy, A. et al. (1988), 'Hearth and Home’, Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales catalogue, Sydney, NSW.

  • Macarthur, Elizabeth (1842), 'Elizabeth to Edward Macarthur, Letter 28 August 1842’, Macarthur Papers Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales A2907, Sydney, NSW.

  • Macarthur, Emmeline, 'Emmeline Macarthur, Album’, Macarthur Papers 4, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales A4353, Sydney, NSW.

Initial data sources

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

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