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Kramer, Jack, 1927- author

Women of flowers : a tribute to Victorian women illustrators / by Jack Kramer ; photographed by Eric Strachan ; designed by Mary Tiegreen ; edited by Linda Sunshine.

New York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1996.

223 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

illustration

In this amazing book, hundreds of dazzling full-color floral paintings and botanical prints illustrate the fascinating life stories of Victorian women artists who made tremendous contributions to the art and science of botany. However most received little or no recognition for their work. Women of Flowers finally pays homage to these remarkable artists and it does so in a book of exceptional beauty and charm.

Botanical artists -- Biography.

Botanical illustration -- History -- 18th century.

Botanical illustration -- History -- 19th century.

Women -- History -- 18th century.

Women -- History -- 19th century.

Biographies.

Strachan, Eric, photographer.

Sunshine, Linda, editor.

Tiegreen, Mary, designer.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-217) and index.

Garden Writers Association of America Award of Excellence, 1996

Mrs. Clarissa W. Munger Badger -- Elizabeth Blackwell -- Priscilla Susan Bury -- Agnes Catlow -- Susan Fenimore Cooper -- Miss S.A. Drake -- Lady Harriet Anne Thiselton Dyer -- Elsie Katherine Dykes -- Mary Emily Eaton -- Nathalie d'Esmenard -- Mary P. Harrison -- Henriette Geertruida Knip -- Jane Webb Loudon -- The Misses Maund -- Margaret Mee -- Maria Sibylla Merian -- Henrietta Maria Moriarity -- Mary Moser -- Clara Maria Pope -- Anne Pratt -- Matilda Smith -- Charlotte Caroline Sowerby -- Miss Jane Taylor -- Emma Homan Thayer -- Louisa Anne Meredith Twamley -- Elizabeth Twining -- Priscilla Wakefield -- Lady Caroline Catherine Wilkinson -- Mrs. E.W. Wirt -- Augusta Innes Baker Withers.

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