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Emma Cheeseman

Emma Cheeseman

New Zealand painter and taxidermist (1846–1928)

Emma Cheeseman (4 November 1846 – 2 October 1928) was a painter and taxidermist from England who emigrated to New Zealand as a child.[1] Her work is held in the collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum.

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Biography

Cheeseman was born in England in 1846 and emigrated to New Zealand with her family, arriving in Auckland on 4 April 1854 on the Artemesia. Her father was Thomas Cheeseman, a Methodist minister who moved the family to New Zealand in the hope that the climate would cure a throat ailment he suffered from. She had four siblings: two brothers, William and Thomas, and two sisters, Ellen and Clara.[2]

Cheeseman drew and painted specimens for the Auckland Museum, where her brother Thomas was the curator. She also learnt the art of taxidermy and prepared and mounted animal specimens for the museum, particularly birds, at home.[1][3][2]

Cheeseman died at her home in the Auckland suburb of Remuera on 2 October 1928,[4] and was buried at Purewa Cemetery.[5]

In 2017, Cheeseman was selected as one of the Royal Society of New Zealand's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Emma Cheeseman". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  2. [2]
    "XV — Thomas Cheeseman's Illustrations of the New Zealand Flora | NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Bird collections made by the Cheeseman family: A record of the avifauna of Auckland, New Zealand, in the late 19th century". ResearchGate. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Deaths". New Zealand Herald. 3 October 1928. p. 1. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Burial & cremation details". Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium. Retrieved 14 June 2019.


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