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Last Name Harris
Given Name Emily Cumming °
alt. Names E. C. H. ;
Marriage unmarried
Children premature birth to a daughter in 1841 who died five days later; two more daughters were born in New Zealand.
Year born 1836 / 1837 in Plymouth, Devonshire, England
Year died 1925
Place of death Nelson
Father's occupation civil engineer & surveyor Edwin Harris & his wife Sarah Hill
Relatives older brother (who died in 1860) & younger sisters Frances & Ellen, (who both died in the 1890s)
Education studies of art in Hobart, Tasmania;
Country of Activity New Zealand
Worked for New Zealand berries ; Four more watercolours of New Zealand flowers &
Patronage
Collaborators H. D. Jackson ;
Techniques botanical drawing, watercolour, engraving, and lithography
Sample(s) www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2h15/1/1 ; http://plantillustrations.org/artist.php?id_artist=1565&mobile=0
Archival sources www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2h15/1 ;
Published sources Nissen: Botan. Buchillustration 1966
other Born in Plymouth, Devonshire, E. came to New Zealand with her parents, her brother & sister in 1841 and settled in New Plymouth, New Zealand, late March 1841.
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