Portraits
Emily produced many fine portraits and was a member of the Royal Miniature Society.
Opposite is a miniature of Charles Dodgson.
Emily drew a number of Russian refugees for illustrations in Charles Rowley’s book “Fifty Years of Work Without Wages.”
Prince Kropotkin was one of these.
She was a good friend of Charles Rowley and took this photograph of him with Frederic Shields in his garden.
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