I have been looking at botanical illustration in preparation for my third year project and dissertation. Although illustrating similar subjects with consistently high levels of detail. This selection of illustrations shows a wide variety of approaches in compositions and mediums. What I like about some of these images is the other worldly nature of the specimens.
-Ann Lee,Cyrtanthus obliquus, 1776. Maybe, R. (1988) The Flowering of Kew. London: Century Hutchinson Ltd. p. 48
-Maria Sibylla MerianCotton Rose (Hibiscus mutabilis) with caterpillar, pupa and butterfly of Papilio androgeus, 1705
Blunt, W. & Stearn, W.T. (1994) Art of Botanical Illustration. Kew: Antique Collectors’ Club in association with the Royal Botanic
Gardens. p.140
-Maria Sibylla Merian, Amaryllis (Hippeastrum puniceum) with moth (Automeris liberia), 1705
Blunt, W. & Stearn, W.T. (1994) Art of Botanical Illustration. Kew: Antique Collectors’ Club in association with the Royal Botanic
Gardens. p.141
-Francis Bauer, Broad-leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine). 1811. Blunt, W. & Stearn, W.T. (1994) Art of Botanical Illustration.
Kew: Antique Collectors’ Club in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens. p.228
-Various Flowers. Part of a letter from Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin to Jonas Dryander, October 5, 1792. Blunt, W. & Stearn, W.T.
(1994) Art of Botanical Illustration. Kew: Antique Collectors’ Club in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens. p.176
-Mary Delany, Rosa Spinosissima, Burnet Rose. Flower paper mosaic. Bennett, S. (2000) Five Centuries of women and gardens.
London: National Portrait Gallery. p.66
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