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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451501703321

Autore

Smith Beatrice S

Titolo

A painted herbarium [[electronic resource] ] : the life and art of Emily Hitchcock Terry, 1838-1921 / / Beatrice Scheer Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1992

ISBN

0-8166-8467-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TerryEmily Hitchcock <1838-1921.>

Disciplina

581/.022/2

B

Soggetti

Botanical artists - United States

Botanists - United States

Botanical illustration - Minnesota - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-74) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; The Early Years (1838-1859); Years of Transition (1860-1870); The Minnesota Years (1872-1884); Epilogue; Publications of Emily Hitchcock Terry; Notes; American Flowers. Painted by Mrs. Emily Hitchcock Terry; Description of the Volume; Explanation of Plate Legends; The Minnesota Flora: Plates 1-46; Descriptive Catalogue of the Paintings; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Her story, however, stands alongside those of countless women throughout history whose contributions have yet to be recognized. The beautiful reproductions of her work in this volume give us our first view of Terry's painted herbarium.