Mali Moir (unframed collection) – 2000
Mali Moir
Botanical, Scientific & Natural History Artist
Limited edition botanical prints of original watercolour 200/200
2000
21 cm x 29.7 cm
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Mali Moir
Botanical, Scientific & Natural History Artist
Limited edition botanical prints of original watercolour 200/200
2000
21 cm x 29.7 cm
‘Mount Ainslie’, Canberra
Artist unknown
Signature unreadable.
“Luteola Cannabinoides Cretica”
Elizabeth Blackwell (nee Blachrie) was among the first women to achieve fame as a botanical illustrator.
She was born in Aberdeen in about 1700, but moved to London after she married.
She undertook an ambitious project to raise money to pay her husband’s debts and release him from debtors’ prison. Her project was a book called ‘A Curious Herbal’.
She learned that physicians required a reference book which documented the medicinal qualities of plants and herbs. In order to develop the publication she examined and drew specimens of plants available in the Chelsea Physic Garden. Sir Hans Sloane provided financial support to publish ‘A Curious Herbal’.
Elizabeth Blackwell is notable for being one of the first botanical artists to personally etch and engrave her own designs. This saved the expense of hiring a professional engraver. In total, the enterprise took Blackwell six full years to complete and in the end she was able to release her husband from prison.
‘A Curious Herbal’ was published between 1737 and 1739. The book contained the first illustrations of many odd-looking, unknown plants from the New World.
64.5 cm x 51.5 cm
‘Gideon Haigh’
Australian Journalist
by Martin Tighe
2013 Archibald Entry
Acrylic on board
45 cm x 52 cm
Silver mixed media painting on canvas with bronze resting in the centre
Pind Kongklom 2013
150 cm x 145 cm
‘Talu-dama’
Hortus Indicus Malabaricus
Hendrik Draakestein
The first complete flora from the east Indies. A very fine example of hand coloured copper engraving.
Amsterdam
1686
Besler – ‘Hyacinthus Botryoides’
Prints by Basil Besler, from Hortus Eystettensis.
Engravings with expert hand colouring.
Some with typical text showing through and minor spots.
Very good condition.
First Edition 1613