List of Irish botanical illustrators

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Botanical print of Houlletia brocklehurstiana
Botanical print of Houlletia brocklehurstiana

Botanical Art involves the painting, drawing and illustration of plants and ecosystems. Often meticulous observed, the botanical art tradition combines both science and art, and botanical artists throughout the centuries have been active in the collecting and cataloguing a huge variety of species.

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[edit] Irish Botanical Artists

[edit] A

[edit] B

  • Anne Elizabeth Ball (1808-1872) [3], [4]
  • Eileen Barnes (c.1910-1950) [5]
  • Myra Barry, (botanical illustrator) (1886-1960)
  • Rose Barton (1856-1929) [6], [7], [8], [9]
  • Mary Battersby (c.1804-1841)
  • Frances Beaufort (Mrs.Lovell Edgeworth) (1769-1864)
  • Lady Edith Blake (née Bernal Osborne) (1845-1926)
  • Samuel Brocas (c.1792-1847)
  • Sarah Brooks (1850-1928 Australia) [10]
  • Mildred Anne Butler (1858-1941) [11], [12]
  • Gerard Byrne (born 1958) [13], [14]

[edit] C

[edit] D

[edit] E

[edit] F

[edit] G

  • Catherine (1815-1892) and Barbara (1817-1859) Gage
  • Robert Gibbings (1889-1958), see also Robert Day
  • Elizabeth Grey (née Sharpe) (Died 1903)
  • James Gwim (c.1720-1769)

[edit] H

[edit] I

[edit] J

  • Alice Jacob (1862-1921) [26]
  • Andrea Jameson (born Norway 1953)
  • Patricia Jorgensen (born 1936) [27]

[edit] K

[edit] L

  • Sir John Langham (1894-1972)
  • Grainne Langrishe
  • Deborah Lambkin (born 1970) [35], [36], [37]
  • Susan Lecky (1837-1896) [38]

[edit] M

  • James Mannin (Died 1779) [39]
  • Kathleen (née Dennis) Marescaux (1868-1944) [40]*Samuel McCloy (1831-1904), [41], [42]
  • Rev. D.P.Murray (born England 1887-1967)

[edit] N

[edit] O

  • Dermod O'Brien (1865-1945)
  • Geraldine O'Brien later Hely-Hutchinson
  • Helen Sophia O'Hara (1846-1920)

[edit] P

[edit] Q R S

[edit] T

[edit] U V W

  • Wendy Walsh (born 1915) [63], [64], [65]
  • Mary Ward (née King) (1827-1869)
  • John White (born England c.1577-1590)
  • Isaac Whitehead (c.1819-1881) [66]
  • Frances (Fanny) Wilmot Curry (1848-1917)
  • David Wilson (1873-1935)

[edit] X Y Z

[edit] References

  • Patricia Butler, Irish Botanical Illustrators, Antique Collectors Club, London 2000 ISBN 1-85149-357-3

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

  • Botanic Garden Collection, [68]
  • Dr. E Charles Nelson, [69]