Emma Cheeseman (4 November 1846 – 2 October 1928) was a painter and taxidermist from England who emigrated to New Zealand as a child.

Cheeseman was born in England in 1846 and emigrated to New Zealand with her family, arriving in Auckland on 4 April 1854 on the Artemesia.

Her father was Thomas Cheeseman, a Methodist minister who moved the family to New Zealand in the hope that the climate would cure a throat ailment he suffered from.

She also learnt the art of taxidermy and prepared and mounted animal specimens for the museum, particularly birds, at home.

[1][3][2] Cheeseman died at her home in the Auckland suburb of Remuera on 2 October 1928,[4] and was buried at Purewa Cemetery.