Emma Eleonora Kendrick (c. 1788–1871) was a British miniature-painter who was prominent during the reigns of Kings
George IV
George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from the death of his father, King George III, on 29 January 1820, until his own death ten y ...
and
William IV
William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded h ...
.
Life
Emma Eleonora Kendrick was born around 1788, daughter of the sculptor
Joseph Kendrick.
Emma's elder sister Josephia Jane Mary Kendrick was an accomplished harpist who performed in public, and later gave harp lessons. Both Emma and Josephia became life members of the New Musical Fund in 1822.
Between 1810 and 1817 Emma won several prizes from the Society of Arts.
In 1831 she was appointed miniature painter to Princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Homburg and to William IV.
She painted miniature portraits of royalty and eminent people.
She was a member of the New Water-Colour Society and the Society of British Artists.
Between 1811 and 1840 her work was exhibited by the
Royal Academy of Arts
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpo ...
.
She did not exhibit after 1840.
In her later years she taught miniature painting to the daughters of the nobility.
Emma Eleanor Kendrick died on 6 April 1871, aged 83.
Work
Apart from portraits, Kendrick also painted watercolors of classical, mythological and literary subjects.
In 1830 she published a handbook titled ''Conversations on the Art of Miniature Painting''.
Gallery
File:1829 Court Lady by Emma Eleonora Kendrick.jpg, Court Lady (1829)
File:MARY (BLOXSOME), MRS ROBERT BRUCE CHICHESTER by Emma Kendrick.jpg, Mary (Bloxsome), Mrs. Robert Bruce Chichester
File:Emma Eleonora Kendrick - A Lady Wearing a White Dress.jpg, A Lady Wearing a White Dress
File:Emma Eleonora Kendrick - Portrait of a blond man.jpg, Portrait of a blond man
File:Emma Eleonora Kendrick - lady in a brown dress.png, Lady in a brown dress
File:Emma Eleonora Kendrick - A Young Lady Praying.jpg, A young lady praying
File:Emma Eleonora Kendrick - portrait of a young girl.png, Portrait of a young girl
File:Emma Eleonora Kendrick Miniature of The Wood Gatherers after Gainsborough 1836.png, The Wood Gatherers after Gainsborough (1836)
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1788 births
1871 deaths
19th-century British painters
Portrait miniaturists