List of Irish botanical illustrators

This is a list of botanical illustrators born or active in Ireland. Botanical illustration 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.

Contents 1 Irish botanical illustrators 1.1 A 1.2 B 1.3 C 1.4 D 1.5 E 1.6 F 1.7 G 1.8 H 1.9 I 1.10 J 1.11 K 1.12 L 1.13 M 1.14 N 1.15 O 1.16 P 1.17 Q R S 1.18 T 1.19 U V W 1.20 X Y Z 2 References 3 Notes 4 See also 5 External links

Irish botanical illustrators

A

• William Ashford (born England c.1746-1824)
• Lady Mabel Annesley (1881-1959 New Zealand)^[1], ^[2]

B

• Anne Elizabeth Ball (1808-1872) [2], [3]
• Eileen Barnes (c.1910-1950) [4]
• Rose Barton (1856-1929) [5], [6], [7], [8]
• Mary Battersby (c.1804-1841)
• Mildred Anne Butler (1858-1941) [9], [10]
• Gerard Byrne (born 1958) [11], [12]

C

• Clare Cryan, [13], [14]
• Lady Charlotte Wheeler Cuffe (née Williams) (born England 1867-1967) see also Irish plant Collectors [15], [16]

D

• Andrew Hastings Doyle (c.1774-1841) [17]
• George Victor Du Noyer (1817-1869) [18]

E

• John Ellis (naturalist) (c.1705-1776 England)

F

• Robert David FitzGerald (1830-1892 Australia) see also Irish plant Collectors

G

• Robert Gibbings (1889-1958), see also Robert Day

H

• Gertrude Hartland (1865-1954)
• William Henry Harvey (1811-1866 Torquay)
• Gerard Manley Hopkins (born England 1844-1889)
• Ellen Hutchins (1785-1815) see also Ardnagashel House Historic Cork Gardens [19], [20]

I

• Hans Iten (born Switzerland 1874-1930) [21], [22], [23]

J

• Alice Jacob (1862-1921) [24]
• Andrea Jameson (born Norway 1953)
• Patricia Jorgensen (born 1936) [25]

K

• William Kilburn (1745-1818) [26], [27], [28], [29], [30], [31]
• Martha King (c.1830-1997 New Zealand) [32]

L

• Deborah Lambkin (born 1970) [33], [34], [35]
• Susan Lecky (1837-1896) [36]

M

• James Mannin (Died 1779) [37]
• Kathleen (née Dennis) Marescaux (1868-1944) [38]*Samuel McCloy (1831-1904), [39], [40]

N

• Andrew Nicholl (1804-1886 London) [41], [42], [43], [44]

O

• Dermod O'Brien (1865-1945)

P

• Raymond Piper (born England 1923) [45], [46], [47]
• Frederica Plunket [48]
• Katherine Plunket (1820-1932) [49], [50]
• Sophia Rosamond Praeger (1867-1954) [51], [52]
• Sarah Purser (1848-1943) [53]

Q R S

• Lydia Shackleton (1828-1914) [54], [55], [56], [57]
• Holly Somerville [58]
• James Stuart (c.1802-1842)

T

• John Templeton (1766-1825) [59]

U V W

• Wendy Walsh (born 1915) [60], [61], [62]
• John White (born England c.1577-1590)
• Isaac Whitehead (c.1819-1881) [63]
• David Wilson (1873-1935)

X Y Z

References

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

Notes

See also

• Irish National Botanic Gardens
• List of Irish plant collectors
• The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland

External links

• Botanic Garden Collection, [64]
• Dr. E Charles Nelson, [65]