Wild flowers worth notice : in memory of Miss Rowe of Liverpool.
Published / Created:
[London] : Mandy Bonnell, [2012-2014]
Physical Description:
8 packets (32 drawings) : graphite ; sheets 20 x 20 cm, in box 22 x 22 x 5 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
View the catalog record for Miss Rowe's collection of botanical specimens.
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11692916
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
Each of the eight packets contains four sheets of drawings, treating a single species of plant. Some of the drawings also incorporate cut-paper elements. Bonnell identifies five of the species, as follows: Equisetaceae (Horsetail); Ulmaceae; Polypodiaceae; Myricaceae (Bayberry); Hydrocharitaceae. One of the three unidentified species may be dandelion.
Exhibition History:
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
Subject Terms:
Lankester, Phebe, 1825–1900. Wild flowers worth notice. | Rowe, Miss. Collection of botanical specimens. | Artists' books -- Great Britain. | Botanical specimens -- Great Britain. | Flowers -- Great Britain. | Women in natural history.