Emily J. Harding

British artist, illustrator and suffragette

Edward William Andrews

(m. 1879; died 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 to illustration, often of 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 generally used her maiden name,^[6] though exceptions exist.^[7] Her translation and illustrations for "Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen" (ISBN 1909302554) remain in print.^[8]

Harding became involved with the Artists' Suffrage League, designing posters for the cause.^[9]^[10] She 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.^[11]

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]

Gallery

"Convicts Lunatics and Women! Have No Vote for Parliament" - Pro-suffrage poster by Harding, c. 1907-18
Mrs Partington
Frontispiece from "Slav Tales"

References

^ ^a ^b "Suffrage Stories/Women Artists: Emily Jane Harding Andrews". Woman and her Sphere. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ "Christmas Books". The Standard. 24 December 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 19 August 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Gift Books II". The Guardian. 3 December 1890. p. 23. Retrieved 19 August 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Christmas Gifts for the Little Ones". Liverpool Mercury. 23 November 1892. p. 7. Retrieved 19 August 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Books of the Season". The Standard. 21 December 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 19 August 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Suffragettes and art". Uncover your ancestors. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ E.g. File:Convicts Lunatics and Women! Have No Vote for Parliament, ca. 1907-1918.jpg is signed "Emily J. Harding Andrews"
^ Harding, Emily J (2014). Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen - 20 Slavic Tales. Abela Publishing. ISBN 9781909302556.
^ "Harding, Emily Jane 1850-1940 | Artist Biographies". Artist Biographies: British and Irish Artists of the 20th Century. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ Tickner, Lisa (31 March 1988). The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign 1907-14. University of Chicago Press. p. 50. ISBN 9780226802459.
^ "Women and Physical Force". The Guardian. 16 December 1908. p. 9. Retrieved 19 August 2019 – via Newspapers.com.