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Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Two-coloured lacaena orchid, Lacaena bicolor

Two-coloured lacaena orchid, Lacaena bicolor. Native to Mexico, Central America, and Southern America

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Ribbon orchid, Tainia bicornis

Ribbon orchid, Tainia bicornis
Ribbon orchid or dai chun lan shu, Tainia bicornis. Plant sent to orchid collector Reverend John Clowes of Broughton Hall from Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Two-horned ania, Ania bicornis

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Susanna Mayr, German Baroque painter, 1600-1674

Susanna Mayr, German Baroque painter, 1600-1674
Susanna Mayr, German Baroque painter, draughtswoman and silhouette cut-out artist from Augsburg, 1600-1674. Susanna Mayrin Augustana

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Mrs Mary Grace, English Georgian paintress

Mrs Mary Grace, English Georgian paintress
Mrs Mary Grace, English Georgian self-taught portrait painter and copyist, elected to the Incorporated Society of Artists in 1769, died c.1800

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Enkianthus quinqueflorus

Enkianthus quinqueflorus. Native to Asia, China, and raised at Lucombe, Pince & Co. Nursery, Exeter. Netted-leaved enkianthus, Enkianthus reticulatus

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Sea lavender, Limonium arboreum

Sea lavender, Limonium arboreum. Native of the Canary Islands, found on Tenerife by English botanist Philip Barker-Webb. Drawn at Exeter Nursery. Arboreus statice, Statice arborea

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Sofonisba Anguissola, Italian Renaissance painter, 1535-1625

Sofonisba Anguissola, Italian Renaissance painter, 1535-1625
Sofonisba Angosciola, or Anguissola, Italian Renaissance painter born in Cremona, 1535-1625. Eminent portrait and history painter, one of six sisters. Sophonisba Anguisciola, pittrice

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Lavinia Fontana, Italian Mannerist artist, 1552-1602

Lavinia Fontana, Italian Mannerist artist, 1552-1602
Lavinia Fontana, Italian Mannerist artist active in Bologna and Rome, 1552-1602. Daughter of Prospero Fontana, born in Bologna, painted historical pieces. Pittrice

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Violante Beatrice Siries, Italian painter, 1709-1783

Violante Beatrice Siries, Italian painter, 1709-1783. Born in Florence and studied under Hyacinthe Rigaud and François Boucher before she married Giuseppe Cerroti

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Rosalba Carriera, Venetian portraitist, 1673-1757

Rosalba Carriera, Venetian portraitist, 1673-1757
Rosalba Carriera, Venetian Rococo painter of portrait miniatures and pastel portraits, 1673-1757. Holding a double-ended chalk holder and self-portrait in pastels. Pittrice

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Giovanna Fratellini, Florentine artist and pastellist, 1666-1731

Giovanna Fratellini, Florentine artist and pastellist, 1666-1731
Giovanna Fratellini, born Giovanna Marmocchini Cortesi, Florentine artist and pastellist during the Baroque period, 1666-1731. With palette and paintbrushes before an oval miniature on an easel

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Woman artist in front of an oil painting, Paris, 1802

Woman artist in front of an oil painting, Paris, 1802
Woman artist in front of an oil painting with palette and brushes. She wears an apron and protective sleeves over a low-cut yellow gown. Her hairdo is ornamented with an arrow and a comb

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Black-eyed susan, Tetratheca hirsuta

Black-eyed susan, Tetratheca hirsuta
Black-eyed susan or hairy tetratheca, Tetratheca hirsuta. Native to Western Australia. Sent by Baron Hugel to nurseryman William Rollisson of Tooting

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Siberian lily, Ixiolirion tataricum

Siberian lily, Ixiolirion tataricum
Siberian lily or lavender mountain lily, Ixiolirion tataricum. Native to central to southwest Asia. Found in the hills near Tehran, Iran, sent by J

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Anemonastrum polyanthes

Anemonastrum polyanthes. Native to India, Choor mountain in the Himalayas, raised from seeds sent by the East India Company to the Horticultural Society. Dr

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Rocktrumpet, Mandevilla martiana

Rocktrumpet, Mandevilla martiana. Native to South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies. Found in the mountains of Rio de Janeiro by Mr. Gardner, and raised by R. G

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Mr. Clowes's anguloa, Anguloa clowesii

Mr. Clowes's anguloa, Anguloa clowesii. Found in Colombia by Linden, and named for orchid collector Reverend John Clowes of Broughton Hall

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Swaddled babies orchid, Anguloa uniflora

Swaddled babies orchid, Anguloa uniflora
Swaddled babies orchid, carpales or one-flowered anguloa, Anguloa uniflora. Sent by Linden from Colombia, raised and flowered by Mr Barker of Birmingham. Found in Muna, Chincao and Tarma in Peru

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Brazilian huckleberry, Gaylussacia brasiliensis

Brazilian huckleberry, Gaylussacia brasiliensis
Brazilian huckleberry or dangleberry, Gaylussacia brasiliensis. Native of Brazil, found by Auguste de St. Hilaire from Caravellos to St Catharine island. Named for French chemist Guy Lussac

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Mountain hydrangea, Hydrangea serrata

Mountain hydrangea, Hydrangea serrata
Mountain hydrangea, yama ajisai, or tea of heaven, Hydrangea serrata. Found in Japan and Korea, imported from Japan by nurseryman Hugh Low of Clapton. Japan hydrangea, Hydrangea japonica

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Oak-nymph-leaved primulina, Primulina dryas

Oak-nymph-leaved primulina, Primulina dryas. Native to northern China, found by Scottish plant hunter Robert Fortune on a voyage to China for the Horticultural Society

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Holly-leaved hovea, Hovea chorizemifolia

Holly-leaved hovea, Hovea chorizemifolia (Hovea ilicifolia). Native to Western Australia, seeds sent from Swan River by Allan Cunningham, plant raised by Robert Mangles

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Corynabutilon vitifolium

Corynabutilon vitifolium. Native of Chile, and introduced to Dublin, Ireland, by Captain Cottingham in 1836. Vine-leaved abutilon, Abutilon vitifolium

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Waxy cryptandra, Cryptandra arbutiflora

Waxy cryptandra, Cryptandra arbutiflora. Sent from Swan River, Western Australia, by Scottish botanist Thomas Drummond. Raised by Mrs Wray of Oakfield. Sweet-scented cryptandra, Cryptandra suavis

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Starry osbeckia, Osbeckia stellata

Starry osbeckia, Osbeckia stellata. Native to Nepal, and said to be common by botanist Dr John Forbes Royle

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Amphilophium carolinae

Amphilophium carolinae, native to South America. Flowered in the gardens of the Earl of Ilchester at Melbury House in 1842. Named for the third earl Henry Fox-Strangways's daughter Caroline

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Encyclia adenocaula orchid

Encyclia adenocaula orchid
Encyclia adenocaula epiphytic orchid. Imported from Mexico by nurseryman George Loddiges. Warted epidendrum, Epidendrum verrucosum

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Flat-stemmed dendrobium, Dendrobium compressum

Flat-stemmed dendrobium, Dendrobium compressum
Flat-stemmed dendrobium orchid, Dendrobium compressum. Native to Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Borneo, Java and Sumatra

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Nepal firethorn, Pyracantha crenulata

Nepal firethorn, Pyracantha crenulata
Nepalese firethorn, Nepal firethorn or Himalayan firethorn, Pyracantha crenulata. Sent from Nepal to Scottish botanist Dr William Roxburgh who grew it in the Calcutta Botanical Gardens

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Pink astiria, Astiria rosea or Ruizia rosea. Extinct

Pink astiria, Astiria rosea or Ruizia rosea. Extinct
Pink astiria, Astiria rosea or Ruizia rosea. Imported from Mauritius and flowered at the Duke of Northumberland's garden at Syon. Thought to be extinct

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Helena velvet bush, Lasiopetalum bracteatum

Helena velvet bush, Lasiopetalum bracteatum. Rare plant native to the Swan River, Western Australia, raised at Mr Groom's Clapham nursery. Rosy-armed corethrostylis, Corethrostylis bracteata

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Appendage orchid, Prosthechea radiata

Appendage orchid, Prosthechea radiata. Plant sent by plant hunter Karl Theodor Hartweg from Mexico and flowered in the garden of the Horticultural Society

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Chilean bell flower, Nolana coelestis

Chilean bell flower, Nolana coelestis. Raised from botanist Thomas Bridges seeds by Mr. Best, gardener to A. Park of Merton Grove, Surrey. Sky-blue alona, Alona coelestis

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Umbellate berberry, Berberis umbellata

Umbellate berberry, Berberis umbellata. Raised at the garden of the Horticultural Society from seeds sent by the East India Company

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Purple cestrum, Cestrum elegans

Purple cestrum, Cestrum elegans
Purple cestrum, red cestrum, or bastard jasmine, Cestrum elegans. Imported from Mexico by nurseryman Louis van Houtte of Ghent. Purple habrothamnus, Habrothamnus purpureus

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Porcelain blue hindsia, Hindsia violacea

Porcelain blue hindsia, Hindsia violacea. Imported from South Brazil by nurseryman James Veitch and Son of Exeter

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Stenomesson aurantiacum

Stenomesson aurantiacum. Native to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Found by plant hunter Karl Theodor Hartweg at the Hacienda of Ixo, Quito province, Peru. Mr

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Aerides odorata orchid, endangered

Aerides odorata orchid, endangered. Native to Southeast Asia and China. Imported from Java and flowered at George Loddiges nursery. Green-leaved air plant, Aerides virens

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Oncidium laeve orchid

Oncidium laeve orchid
Oncidium laeve epiphytic orchid. Native to Mexico and Central America. Found by George Ure Skinner and Karl Theodor Hartweg in Guatemala. Flowered in the garden of the Horticultural Society

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Climbing fetterbush, Pieris phillyreifolia

Climbing fetterbush, Pieris phillyreifolia. Phyllirea-leaved andromeda, Andromeda phyllireaefolia

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Blueblossom, Ceanothus thyrsiflorus

Blueblossom, Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
Blueblossom, blue blossom ceanothus or thyrse-bearing ceanothus, Ceanothus thyrsiflorus. Evergreen shrub native to Oregon and California, collected by Scottish botanist David Douglas

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Lilac Christmas orchid, Calanthe masuca

Lilac Christmas orchid, Calanthe masuca
Lilac Christmas orchid or lilac calanthe, Calanthe masuca. Native of Nepal. Flowered in the garden of nurseryman William Rollisson of Tooting

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Aeonium undulatum

Aeonium undulatum. Succulent, evergreen flowering plant found by Barker Webb in Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands and flowered at William Young's nursery in Milford

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Various-leaved fly honeysuckle, Lonicera diversifolia

Various-leaved fly honeysuckle, Lonicera diversifolia. Sent to Dr Nathaniel Wallich from Gurwhal and Kamaon, botanist Dr John Forbes Royle found it in northern India

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Prosthechea pterocarpa orchid

Prosthechea pterocarpa orchid. Native to Mexico, raised by nurseryman George Loddiges in London. Wing-fruited epidendrum, Epidendrum pterocarpum

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Crenate orchid cactus, Disocactus crenatus

Crenate orchid cactus, Disocactus crenatus. Native from Mexico to Honduras. Sent from Honduras by plant hunter George Ure Skinner and flowered at Carclew, the garden of Sir Charles Lemon

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Egyptian starcluster, Pentas lanceolata subsp. cymosa

Egyptian starcluster, Pentas lanceolata subsp. cymosa. Introduced from Africa by Jacob Makoy of Liege. Flesh-coloured pentas, Pentas carnea

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Mayflower orchid, Laelia speciosa

Mayflower orchid, Laelia speciosa
Mayflower orchid, flor de Mayo, Laelia speciosa. Found in Mexico and Guatelama. Sent from Mexico by botanist Dr. Schiede. The May-flower laelia, Laelia majalis

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Pinalia bractescens orchid

Pinalia bractescens orchid. Native of India and southeast Asia. Found by plant hunter Hugh Cuming in Singapore and by botanist William Griffith near Moulmain in Burma

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Hybrid rose mallow

Hybrid rose mallow. Hibiscus cameroni-fulgens, garden variety. Hybrid of Hibiscus cameronii and Hibiscus fulgens (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), raised by nurseryman William Rollisson of Tooting

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Medlar-like lindleya, Lindleya mespiloides

Medlar-like lindleya, Lindleya mespiloides. Mexican evergreen tree that flowered in the garden of the Horticultural Society

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Thin ash-leaved berberry, Berberis tenuifolia

Thin ash-leaved berberry, Berberis tenuifolia. Native to Cuba and Mexico, found by plant hunter Karl Theodor Hartweg at Zaquapam, and raised in the Horticultural Society garden

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Laelia marginata orchid

Laelia marginata orchid. Sent by explorer Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk to Mrs Marryat from Suriname. Crisp-flowered schomburgkia, Schomburgkia crispa

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Macleania insignis

Macleania insignis. Named for Scottish plant merchant John Maclean of Lima, Peru. Long-flowered macleania, Macleania longiflora

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Boat orchid, Cymbidium finlaysonianum

Boat orchid, Cymbidium finlaysonianum. Named for orchid collector George Finlayson. Found by plant hunter Hugh Cuming in Singapore and imported by nurseryman George Loddiges

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Kashmir sage or Cashmere phlomis, Phlomis cashmeriana

Kashmir sage or Cashmere phlomis, Phlomis cashmeriana. Raised at the Horticultural Society garden from seeds sent from Kashmir by botanist Dr John Forbes Royle

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Large-flowered trochetia, Trochetia grandiflora

Large-flowered trochetia, Trochetia grandiflora. Received from Mauritius, and flowered at the Duke of Northumberland's garden at Syon

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Pinalia floribunda orchid

Pinalia floribunda orchid. Found in Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, imported from Singapore by nurseryman George Loddiges. Many-flowered eria, Eria floribunda

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Bhat or hill glory bower, Clerodendrum infortunatum

Bhat or hill glory bower, Clerodendrum infortunatum. Used in traditional Indian medicine and ayurveda

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Pale ash-leaved berberry, Berberis pallida

Pale ash-leaved berberry, Berberis pallida. Native to Mexico, and found by plant hunter Karl Theodor Hartweg at Cardonal, Zimapan, and Atotonilco El Grande

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Pale reed orchid, Bromheadia finlaysoniana

Pale reed orchid, Bromheadia finlaysoniana. Native to Indochina and Australia, originally named Grammatophyllum finlaysonianum. Found by orchid collector George Finlayson in Singapore

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Pointleaf manzanita, Arctostaphylos pungens

Pointleaf manzanita, Arctostaphylos pungens
Pointleaf manzanita, pinguica, manzanilla or pungent bearberry, Arctostaphylos pungens. Introduced to the Horticultural Society by plant hunter Karl Theodor Hartweg who found it in Mexico

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera

Sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera
Sacred lotus, Laxmi lotus, Indian lotus, Nelumbo nucifera. From a plant flowered at William Rollisson's Nursery in Tooting. Caspian nelumbium, Nelumbium caspicum, Nelumbium speciosum

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Rangoon creeper, Combretum indicum

Rangoon creeper, Combretum indicum. Exhibited at the Horticultural Society in 1841 by Lucombe, Pince and Co. of Exeter. Chinese quisqualis, Quisqualis sinensis

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Yellowspike orchid, Polystachya elastica

Yellowspike orchid, Polystachya elastica. Sent from Sierra Leone, and raised by orchid collector Mr. Rucker. Rose-coloured lissochilus, Lissochilus roseus

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Large-flowered bulbophyllum, Bulbophyllum macranthum

Large-flowered bulbophyllum, Bulbophyllum macranthum
Large-flowered bulbophyllum orchid, Bulbophyllum macranthum. Imported from Singapore by nurseryman George Loddiges

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: May bush, Spiraea cantoniensis

May bush, Spiraea cantoniensis. Introduced from China by English naturalist John Reeves. Mr Reeve's spiraea, Spiraea reevesiana

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Madeira broom, Genista tenera

Madeira broom, Genista tenera. Raised by Mr Young, nurseryman of Milford, from seeds sent by William Webb from Madeira. Twiggy broom, Genista virgata

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Rose-coloured changeable crinum, Crinum variabile

Rose-coloured changeable crinum, Crinum variabile var. roseum. A variety of either Crinum variabile or Crinum capense, both from South Africa. Flowered in the garden of J. H. Slater of Newick Park

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Amazonvine, Stigmaphyllon jatrophifolium

Amazonvine, Stigmaphyllon jatrophifolium. Woody vine native to the Neotropics. Jatropha-leaved stigmaphyllon, Stigmaphyllon jatrophaefolium

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Fortune's spindle, Euonymus fortunei

Fortune's spindle, Euonymus fortunei
Fortune's spindle, winter creeper or wintercreeper, Euonymus fortunei. Also known as tsurumasaki and Chinese box. Named for Scottish plant hunter Robert Fortune

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Dwarf sophronitis orchid, Cattleya pumila

Dwarf sophronitis orchid, Cattleya pumila
Bordered dwarf cattleya or dwarf sophronitis orchid, Cattleya pumila. Imported from Brazil and raised by nurseryman George Loddiges

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Turraea heterophylla

Turraea heterophylla. Stove plant found by plant hunter Thomas Whitfield in Sierre Leone and sent to the Duke of Devonshire at Chiswick House. Lobed turraea, Turraea lobata

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Diaphananthe pellucida orchid

Diaphananthe pellucida orchid. Transparent angrec, Angraecum pellucidum. Native to sub-Saharan Africa, imported from Sierra Leone by nurseryman George Loddiges

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Field Peruvian lupin, Lupinus arvensis

Field Peruvian lupin, Lupinus arvensis
Field Peruvian lupine or lupin, Lupinus arvensis. Found in corn field near Loxa, Peru, by plant hunter Karl Theodor Hartweg and grown in the Horticultural Society gardens

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Gomesa bicolor orchid

Gomesa bicolor orchid. Native to the Spanish Main (Caribbean region), imported by nurseryman George Loddiges. Two-coloured oncidium, Oncidium bicolor

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Fringed saxifrage or rockfoil, Saxifraga ciliata

Fringed saxifrage or rockfoil, Saxifraga ciliata. Raised at the Horticultural Society gardens from seeds sent from the Botanical Garden of Saharunpur. Native of northern India

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Bossiaea rufa

Bossiaea rufa. Native to Western Australia. Raised by nurseryman Hugh Low of Clapton. Few-leaved bossiaea, Bossiaea paucifolia

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Thorough-wax hibbertia, Hibbertia perfoliata

Thorough-wax hibbertia, Hibbertia perfoliata. Native to the Swan River, Western Australia

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Rhododendron aprilis, hybrid

Rhododendron aprilis, hybrid of R. ponticum and the evergreen Davurian rhododendron, raised by the botanist William Herbert, Dean of Manchester

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Mormodes aromatica orchid

Mormodes aromatica orchid. Native from Mexico to Honduras. Aromatic mormodes, Mormodes aromaticum

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Bulbophyllum auratum orchid

Bulbophyllum auratum orchid. A native of Manila, imported by George Loddiges. Gold-edged cirrhopetalum, Cirrhopetalum auratum

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Mr Rucker's dendrobium, Dendrobium ruckeri

Mr Rucker's dendrobium, Dendrobium ruckeri. Raised by Sigismund Rucker, Jr. Native to the Eastern Himalayas. Believed to have been sent by plant hunter Hugh Cuming from the Philippines

Background imageWoman Artist Collection: Molle rastrero, Schinus longifolius

Molle rastrero, Schinus longifolius. Native to South America. Raised by nurseryman Hugh Low of Clapton, from seeds from Buenos Ayres. Long-leaved duvaua, Duvaua longifolia



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