Background
She was the daughter of Reverend James Calcott Pratt, and came to New York in 1840, where in 1849 she married Henry Wellington Greatorex.
She was the daughter of Reverend James Calcott Pratt, and came to New York in 1840, where in 1849 she married Henry Wellington Greatorex.
Subsequently she studied art with William H. Witherspoon and James Hart in New York, with Émile Lambinet in Paris, and also at the Pinakothek in Munich. During 1879 she studied etching with C. Henri Toussaint.
She was the first woman to be elected an associate of the National Academy of Design. In 1857 she visited England, and spent 1861–1862 in Paris. She was also abroad in 1870–1873, visiting Nuremberg and Ober-Ammergau, Germany, and various parts of Italy.
She died in Paris.
In 1868 she was elected an associate of the National Academy of Design, being the first woman who received that recognition, and was also a member of the Artists" Fund Society of New New York