[1] Emma's elder sister Josephia Jane Mary Kendrick was an accomplished harpist who performed in public, and later gave harp lessons.
Both Emma and Josephia became life members of the New Musical Fund in 1822.
In 1831 she was appointed miniature painter to Princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Homburg and to William IV.
[4] Apart from portraits, Kendrick also painted watercolors of classical, mythological and literary subjects.
In 1830 she published a handbook titled Conversations on the Art of Miniature Painting.