Marianne North: the Kew Collection

Marianne North was a remarkable Victorian traveller and painter, who traversed the globe recording the world’s flora with her paintbrush and writing her experiences in her journal. In 1879 she offered her painting collection numbering over 800 to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and at her own expense built a gallery to house them. First time that the complete collection of Victoria artist Marianne North’s Kew collection has been publishedUnique publication marking the work of Marianne North? Over 800 colour botanical paintings beautifully reproduced? Introduction by Christopher Mills, former Head of Kew’s Library, Art and Archives? Marianne North’s original titles included alongside each painting? Paintings arranged geographically as they appear in the Gallery? Includes a list of accepted Latin names of the plants featured

• | Author: RBG Kew
• | Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens
• | Publication Date: Nov 01, 2018
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9781842466650
• | ISBN-10: 1842466658