Rosalie Maria Emslie (née Watson), sometime Mrs. A. E. Emslie (12 March 1854 – 8 January 1932) was a British painter of miniature portraits.

Rosalie M. Emslie
Born12 March 1854
Died8 January 1932(1932-01-08) (aged 77)
Otford, Kent, England
NationalityBritish
SpouseAlfred Edward Emslie
ChildrenRosalie Emslie

Emslie was born in London and became proficient at watercolour painting and attended the Royal Academy Schools.[1] She worked in London where she met and married her husband, the painter Alfred Edward Emslie. She exhibited at the Royal Academy, the New Water-Colour Society and the Salon de la Société Nationale from 1888 to 1912.[2] Her miniatures are in various collections, most notably the Victoria and Albert Museum that holds her self-portrait, and the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers.[3]

Emslie died in Otford, Kent. Her daughter, Rosalie Emslie, also became a painter.

References

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  1. ^ Grant M. Waters (1975). Dictionary of British Artists Working 1900-1950. Eastbourne Fine Art.
  2. ^ Rosalie M. Emslie in Bénézit
  3. ^ Self-portrait record in the V&A
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