Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook

GILLIES, Emily née Street

GILLIES, Emily née Street

Daughter of C. H. Street, land and estate agent in Dunedin. In 1886 married her father's partner Robert Gillies. Edward Lear, the professional watercolourist and writer of humorous verse, was the brother of C. H. Street's mother, who came out to New Zealand with her son and his wife after her husband died.