Marianne North: the Kew Collection
The Kew Collection
$90.62
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
8 January 2019
Summary
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. Marianne stayed closely involved with the project, painting beautiful decorative motifs on the interior door panels and surrounds.
For the first time, this …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781842466650 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1842466658 |
| Author: | RBG Kew |
| Publisher: | Royal Botanic Gardens |
| Imprint: | Kew Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 8 January 2019 |
| Weight: | 2.12kg |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 306mm x 262mm |
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RBG Kew
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a world famous scientific organisation, internationally respected for its outstanding collections as well as its scientific expertise in plant diversity, conservation and sustainable development in the UK and around the world.
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