Her parents were Jacob Samuel Levy Bensusan (1846–1917), an ostrich feather merchant, and his wife Miriam Levy Bensusan (1848–1926).

She studied at the Crystal Palace School of Art.

[2] The Eragny Press produced books illustrated with colour wood-engravings.

[4] [5] Esther assisted with creating the wood engravings from Lucien's designs.

[1] Work by Esther and Lucien Pissarro are in the Tate[7] and the Royal Academy of Arts.