Tag Archives: botanical art

Mary’s Mosaiks

Posted on 09/06/2018 by The Garden History Blog

Mary Granville could easily have been the protagonist of one of those boringly wordy Georgian 3 volume novels, now long unread and forgotten.    The first tome would have covered her early life: from the minor aristocracy, well-educated and talented but … Continue reading →

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Thomas Bewick’s Gardens and Gardeners

Posted on 04/02/2017 by The Garden History Blog

Thomas Bewick, who was born in rural Northumberland in 1753, was an author, illustrator and publisher and became  ‘the father of modern wood engraving’.   His work is almost always instantly recognisable and his History of British Birds is really the first field guide for naturalists. … Continue reading →

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Avoiding sex with Mrs Moriarty

Posted on 28/01/2017 by The Garden History Blog

In November 2015 I wrote a post about Augusta Withers, complaining that,  as is the case with many female botanical artists, little was known about her. However by comparison with today’s subject, we had a veritable plethora of biographical information!  Mrs H. … Continue reading →

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Robert Thornton & The Temple of Flora

Posted on 13/02/2016 by The Garden History Blog

Dr Robert Thornton was the brains behind one of the most impressive and quirky of all flower  books: The Temple of Flora. Despite not being either an artist or a professional botanist, he was fascinated by the rapid development in botanical knowledge of … Continue reading →

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The faithful pencil of Mrs Withers

Posted on 28/11/2015 by The Garden History Blog

The more I explore botanic art the more I realise how underestimated it has been as an art form, and the more I realise how underestimated botanical artists have been.  Of course part of the reason for that may well … Continue reading →

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