Emma Ancilla Wicksteed (née Barton; c. 1811 – 6 November 1869) was a New Zealand artist.
Emma Wicksteed | |
|---|---|
| Born | Emma Ancilla Barton c. 1811 |
| Died | 6 November 1869 (aged 58) |
| Resting place | Heads Road Cemetery, Whanganui |
| Known for | painting, drawing |
| Spouse | John Tylston Wicksteed |
| Children | 2 |
Biography
editWicksteed was born about 1811 as Emma Ancilla Barton.[1][2] She married John Tylston Wicksteed on 17 June 1833 in 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 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 on 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
edit- ^ a b "Wicksteed, Emma Ancilla". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b 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.