Title Collecting ladies : Ferdinand von Mueller and women botanical artists / Penny Olsen

Published Canberra, ACT : NLA Pub., [2013] ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (x, 237 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) Summary Around 1870 Ferdinand von Mueller, the greatest Australian botanist of the nineteenth century, began to advertise in several newspapers across Australia for lady plant collectors Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-211), list of illustrations (pages 212-227) and index Notes Print version record Subject Mueller, Ferdinand von, 1825-1896. Botanical artists -- Australia -- Biography. Botanical illustration -- Australia -- History. Plants -- Australia -- Pictorial works. Women artists -- Australia -- Biography. Genre/Form Biography. History. Pictorial works. Biographies. Illustrated works. Form Electronic book ISBN 0642278385 (electronic bk.) 0642278393 (electronic bk.) 9780642278388 (electronic bk.) 9780642278395 (electronic bk.) (paperback) (paperback)

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