Background
Taylor, Emily Heyward Drayton was born on April 14, 1860 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Henry Edward and Mary (Brady) Drayton.
Taylor, Emily Heyward Drayton was born on April 14, 1860 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Henry Edward and Mary (Brady) Drayton.
Educated by private governess and abroad for several years. Studied painting in Paris under Cecile Ferrier, and at Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia.
Important miniatures those of President and Mistress McKinley, Doctor South. Weir Mitchell, Mistress Eugene Hale, Emmons Blaine, Mistress Cyrus McCormick, George Hamilton, son of John McLure Hamilton, Mr. John A. Morris, Mr. Henry Howard Houston, Mr. Frank Thomson, and Cardinal Mercier, of Malines, Belgium (1924).
In 1898 assisted Mission Anne Holingsworth Wharton with Heirlooms in Miniature and wrote part of the work.
Member; Fellowship Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts. Member Colonial Dames, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, History Society of Pennsylvania, Print.
Married J(ohn) Madison Taylor, Doctor of Medicine October 15, 1879 (died October 3, 1931). Children: Edith Moore (Mistress Albert Mansfield Patterson), Percival Drayton, Mabel Heyward (Mistress Taylor Cochran).