Emma Ancilla Wicksteed
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| Born | Emma Ancilla Barton c.1811 |
| Died | 6 November 1869 (aged 58) Whanganui |
| Resting place | Heads Road Cemetery, Whanganui |
| Known for | painting, drawing |
| Spouse(s) | John Tylston Wicksteed |
Emma Ancilla Wicksteed (Birth name Barton; c.1811 – 6 November 1869) was a New Zealand artist.
Biography
Wicksteed was born c.1811 as Emma Ancilla Barton.[1][2] She married John Tylston Wicksteed on 17 June 1833 in Hackney, London|Hackney, England.[1][3] They had two sons, John Tylston and Arthur Aikin.[2]
Wicksteed arrived in New Zealand in 1841 after her husband was employed as an agent by the New Zealand Company.[4][5][6] She and her family lived at the New Zealand Company Resident Agent’s house on Mount Eliot, New Plymouth, now the site of Puke Ariki.[7] In 1853, they moved to Kai Iwi, Whanganui.[8]
Wicksteed sketched and painted landscapes of both New Plymouth and Whanganui.[8] Her sketch New Plymouth in 1843 was reproduced as a coloured lithograph in Edward Jerningham Wakefield's Adventure in New Zealand.[9] It was used by the New Zealand Company to encourage further British settlements in the Taranaki region.[10]
She died in Whanganui in 6 November 1869, age 58, and was buried with her husband in Heads Road Cemetery, Whanganui.[11] Her paintings are now found in the collections of Puke Ariki, the Fletcher Trust, and the National Library of New Zealand.[5][12][13]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Wicksteed, Emma Ancilla". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lawrence, Sarah (1844). The descendants of Philip Henry, M.A. : incumbent of Worthenbury in the county of Flint, who was ejected therefrom by the Act of Uniformity in 1662. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. p. 18.
- ↑ London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P79/JN1/059
- ↑ "John Wicksteed". Taranaki Daily News. 12 November 1932. p. 13.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Wicksteed, Emma Ancilla, 1811?–1869". The National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ↑ "INTERESTING REMINISCENCES". Wanganui Herald. Vol. XXXIX, no. 11650. 30 August 1905. p. 2.
- ↑ ""The Town of New Plymouth in the year 1843"". Puke Ariki Collection Online. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Platts, Una (1980). Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide and Handbook. Avon Fine Prints Limited. p. 254.
- ↑ Calder, Alex (22 October 2014). "Non-fiction – Frontier reports". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ↑ Adds, Peter (March 2017). "Te Āti Awa of Taranaki – Europeans arrive". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ↑ "Death". Evening Post. Vol. V, no. 233. 10 November 1869. p. 2.
- ↑ "Emma Wicksteed". Puke Ariki Collection Online. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ↑ "WICKSTEED, Emma". The Fletcher Trust Collection. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
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