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{{short description|British painter}}
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'''Emma Eleonora Kendrick''' (c. 1788–1871) was a British miniature-painter who was prominent during the reigns of Kings [[George IV of the United Kingdom|George IV]] and [[William IV of the United Kingdom|William IV]].
==Life==
Emma Eleonora Kendrick was born around 1788, daughter of the sculptor [[Joseph Kendrick (sculptor)|Joseph Kendrick]].{{sfn|Kendrick, Emma - Artist Finder}}
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.{{sfn|Kassler|2008|p=146}}
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.{{sfn|Kendrick, Emma - Artist Finder}}
She painted miniature portraits of royalty and eminent people.{{sfn|Emma Eleonora Kendrick - Alte Kunst}}
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]].{{sfn|Emma Eleonora Kendrick - Alte Kunst}}
She did not exhibit after 1840.{{sfn|Cust|1892}}
In her later years she taught miniature painting to the daughters of the nobility.{{sfn|Emma Eleonora Kendrick - Alte Kunst}}
Emma Eleanor Kendrick died on 6 April 1871, aged 83.{{sfn|Cust|1892}}
==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''.{{sfn|Emma Eleonora Kendrick - Alte Kunst}}
==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed heights=240px>
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)
</gallery>
==References==
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*{{cite book |url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Kendrick,_Emma_Eleonora_(DNB00)
|last=Cust|first=Lionel Henry|title=Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 |volume=30 |chapter=Kendrick, Emma Eleonora
|year=1892|access-date=2013-02-01}}
*{{cite web |ref={{harvid|Emma Eleonora Kendrick - Alte Kunst}}
|url=http://www.altekunst-vienna.com/frontend/scripts/index.php?groupId=0&productId=2112&setMainAreaTemplatePath=mainarea_productdetail.html&query=
|title=Emma Eleonora Kendrick (1788 - 1871), court artist by British King George IV|work=Alte Kunst Fine Art Gallery|access-date=2013-02-01}}
*{{cite book |last=Kassler|first=Michael|title=A.F.C. Kollmann's Quarterly Musical Register (1812): An Annotated Edition With an Introduction to His Life and Works
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rzP2qXHANQQC&pg=PA146|access-date=1 February 2013
|date=15 December 2008|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-0-7546-6064-4}}
*{{cite web |ref={{harvid|Kendrick, Emma - Artist Finder}} |url=http://artist-finder.com/stuff/database/info_popup.php?menu=artist&info=49540
|title=Kendrick, Emma|work=Artist Finder|access-date=2013-02-01}}
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[[Category:19th-century British painters]]
[[Category:British portrait miniaturists]]