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== Career ==
== Career ==
In her early career she specialized in miniatures. One was included at the Royal Academy exhibition in 1877. By the mid-1880s Harding had changed her focus illustration, often illustrating children's books, including ''Hand in Hand in Children's Land'' (1887) by S. and E. Lecky,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35084190/christmas_books_1887/|title=Christmas Books|last=|first=|date=December 24, 1887|work=The Standard|access-date=August 19, 2019|page=2|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ''The Little Ladies'' (1890) by Helen Milman,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35084110/gift_books_ii_1890/|title=Gift Books II|last=|first=|date=December 3, 1890|work=The Guardian|access-date=August 19, 2019|page=23|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ''Merry Moments'' (1892) by Rose E. May,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35083888/emily_j_harding_1892/|title=Christmas Gifts for the Little Ones|last=|first=|date=November 23, 1892|work=Liverpool Mercury|access-date=August 19, 2019|page=7|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and ''The Disagreeable Duke'' (1894) by Eleanor Davenport Adams.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35083760/emily_j_harding_1894/|title=Books of the Season|last=|first=|date=December 21, 1894|work=The Standard|access-date=August 19, 2019|page=2|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She used her maiden name.<ref name="Uncover your ancestors">{{cite web |title=Suffragettes and art |url=https://www.uncoveryourancestors.org/blog/suffragettes-and-art |website=Uncover your ancestors |accessdate=9 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Her translation and illustrations for "Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen" ({{ISBN|1909302554}}) remains in print.<ref name="Abela Publishing">{{cite book |last1=Harding |first1=Emily J |title=Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen - 20 Slavic Tales |date=2014 |publisher=Abela Publishing |isbn=9781909302556 |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Fairy_Tales_of_the_Slav_Peasants_and_Her.html?id=C4DioAEACAAJ&source=kp_book_description |language=en}}</ref>
In her early career she specialized in miniatures. One was included at the Royal Academy exhibition in 1877. By the mid-1880s Harding had changed her focus illustration, often illustrating children's books, including ''Hand in Hand in Children's Land'' (1887) by S. and E. Lecky,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35084190/christmas_books_1887/|title=Christmas Books|last=|first=|date=December 24, 1887|work=The Standard|access-date=August 19, 2019|page=2|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ''The Little Ladies'' (1890) by Helen Milman,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35084110/gift_books_ii_1890/|title=Gift Books II|last=|first=|date=December 3, 1890|work=The Guardian|access-date=August 19, 2019|page=23|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ''Merry Moments'' (1892) by Rose E. May,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35083888/emily_j_harding_1892/|title=Christmas Gifts for the Little Ones|last=|first=|date=November 23, 1892|work=Liverpool Mercury|access-date=August 19, 2019|page=7|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and ''The Disagreeable Duke'' (1894) by Eleanor Davenport Adams.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35083760/emily_j_harding_1894/|title=Books of the Season|last=|first=|date=December 21, 1894|work=The Standard|access-date=August 19, 2019|page=2|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She used her maiden name.<ref name="Uncover your ancestors">{{cite web |title=Suffragettes and art |url=https://www.uncoveryourancestors.org/blog/suffragettes-and-art |website=Uncover your ancestors |accessdate=9 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Her translation and illustrations for "Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen" ({{ISBN|1909302554}}) remain in print.<ref name="Abela Publishing">{{cite book |last1=Harding |first1=Emily J |title=Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen - 20 Slavic Tales |date=2014 |publisher=Abela Publishing |isbn=9781909302556 |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Fairy_Tales_of_the_Slav_Peasants_and_Her.html?id=C4DioAEACAAJ&source=kp_book_description |language=en}}</ref>


Harding became involved with the Artists' Suffrage League, designing posters for the cause.<ref name="Artist Biographies">{{cite web |title=Harding, Emily Jane 1850-1940 {{!}} Artist Biographies |url=https://www.artbiogs.co.uk/1/artists/harding-emily-jane |website=Artist Biographies: British and Irish Artists of the 20th Century |accessdate=9 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qjp5Yw_w8XsC&lpg=PA50-IA3&ots=rJWKT64-0m&dq=Emily%20Harding%20Andrews&pg=PA50-IA4#v=onepage&q=Emily%20Harding%20Andrews&f=false|title=The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign 1907-14|last=Tickner|first=Lisa|date=1988-03-31|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=|isbn=9780226802459|location=|pages=50|language=en}}</ref> She also co-signed a letter to the editor of ''The Guardian'' in 1908, decrying the use of physical violence against activists, alongside fellow artist and suffragist [[Mary Sargant Florence]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35084298/emily_harding_andrews_1908/|title=Women and Physical Force|last=|first=|date=December 16, 1908|work=The Guardian|access-date=August 19, 2019|page=9|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
Harding became involved with the Artists' Suffrage League, designing posters for the cause.<ref name="Artist Biographies">{{cite web |title=Harding, Emily Jane 1850-1940 {{!}} Artist Biographies |url=https://www.artbiogs.co.uk/1/artists/harding-emily-jane |website=Artist Biographies: British and Irish Artists of the 20th Century |accessdate=9 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qjp5Yw_w8XsC&lpg=PA50-IA3&ots=rJWKT64-0m&dq=Emily%20Harding%20Andrews&pg=PA50-IA4#v=onepage&q=Emily%20Harding%20Andrews&f=false|title=The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign 1907-14|last=Tickner|first=Lisa|date=1988-03-31|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=|isbn=9780226802459|location=|pages=50|language=en}}</ref> She also co-signed a letter to the editor of ''The Guardian'' in 1908, decrying the use of physical violence against activists, alongside fellow artist and suffragist [[Mary Sargant Florence]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35084298/emily_harding_andrews_1908/|title=Women and Physical Force|last=|first=|date=December 16, 1908|work=The Guardian|access-date=August 19, 2019|page=9|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

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Emily J. Harding
"Convicts Lunatics and Women! Have No Vote for Parliament" - Pro-suffrage poster by Harding, c. 1907-18
Born1850 (1850)
Bristol, England
Died1940 (aged 89–90)
Sutherland Shire, Australia
NationalityBritish
Other namesEmily Jane Harding Andrews
Alma materBristol School of Art
Occupation(s)Artist, Suffragette
Known forillustration
Spouse
Edward William Andrews
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(m. 1879; died in 1915)​

Emily Jane Harding Andrews (1850-1940) was a British artist, illustrator and suffragette. She was a member of the Artists' Suffrage League.

Early life

Harding was born in 1850 in Bristol, England. She studied at Clifton Ladies’ College and the Bristol School of Art.[1]

Career

In her early career she specialized in miniatures. One was included at the Royal Academy exhibition in 1877. By the mid-1880s Harding had changed her focus illustration, often illustrating children's books, including Hand in Hand in Children's Land (1887) by S. and E. Lecky,[2] The Little Ladies (1890) by Helen Milman,[3] Merry Moments (1892) by Rose E. May,[4] and The Disagreeable Duke (1894) by Eleanor Davenport Adams.[5] She used her maiden name.[6] Her translation and illustrations for "Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen" (ISBN 1909302554) remain in print.[7]

Harding became involved with the Artists' Suffrage League, designing posters for the cause.[8][9] She also co-signed a letter to the editor of The Guardian in 1908, decrying the use of physical violence against activists, alongside fellow artist and suffragist Mary Sargant Florence.[10]

Personal life

In 1879 she married fellow artist Edward William Andrews.[6] Harding's husband died in 1915, and she eventually emigrated to Australia. She died in 1940 in Sutherland Shire.[1]

  • Mrs Partington
    Mrs Partington
  • Frontispiece from "Slav Tales"
    Frontispiece from "Slav Tales"

References

  1. ^ a b "Suffrage Stories/Women Artists: Emily Jane Harding Andrews". Woman and her Sphere. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Christmas Books". The Standard. December 24, 1887. p. 2. Retrieved August 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Gift Books II". The Guardian. December 3, 1890. p. 23. Retrieved August 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Christmas Gifts for the Little Ones". Liverpool Mercury. November 23, 1892. p. 7. Retrieved August 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Books of the Season". The Standard. December 21, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved August 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b "Suffragettes and art". Uncover your ancestors. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  7. ^ Harding, Emily J (2014). Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen - 20 Slavic Tales. Abela Publishing. ISBN 9781909302556.
  8. ^ "Harding, Emily Jane 1850-1940 | Artist Biographies". Artist Biographies: British and Irish Artists of the 20th Century. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  9. ^ Tickner, Lisa (1988-03-31). The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign 1907-14. University of Chicago Press. p. 50. ISBN 9780226802459.
  10. ^ "Women and Physical Force". The Guardian. December 16, 1908. p. 9. Retrieved August 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
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