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'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. This was at a time when women typically had little recourse to science, or contact with men outside their circle of friends, making Mueller's network of ladies quite extraordinary. Collecting Ladies profiles 14 of Mueller's coterie of women collectors. Included are Fanny Charsley, Louisa Atkinson, Annie Walker and Ellis Rowan for whom Mueller made time to assist in pursuit of their own passions. He identified the plants they painted and provided letters of introduction to publishers and scientists. Together, these ladies produced some of the most beautiful books and botanical art to come out of Australia in the nineteenth century, covering all the Australian colonies. ' (Publisher's blurb)
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Collecting Ladies: Ferdinand von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists by Penny Olsen
2014
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review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 8 no. 5 2014;
— Review of Collecting Ladies : Ferdinand von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists 2013 single work biography -
Adornments
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 353 2013;
— Review of Collecting Ladies : Ferdinand von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists 2013 single work biography -
Ladies Bloom for Botanist
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 29-30 June 2013; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Collecting Ladies : Ferdinand von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists 2013 single work biography -
[Review] Collecting Ladies : Ferdinand von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 May 2013; (p. 32)
— Review of Collecting Ladies : Ferdinand von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists 2013 single work biography -
Womens Place in Natural History
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 May 2013; (p. 23)
— Review of Collecting Ladies : Ferdinand von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists 2013 single work biography
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Womens Place in Natural History
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 May 2013; (p. 23)
— Review of Collecting Ladies : Ferdinand von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists 2013 single work biography -
[Review] Collecting Ladies : Ferdinand von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 May 2013; (p. 32)
— Review of Collecting Ladies : Ferdinand von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists 2013 single work biography -
Ladies Bloom for Botanist
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 29-30 June 2013; (p. 20-21)
— Review of Collecting Ladies : Ferdinand von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists 2013 single work biography -
Adornments
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 353 2013;
— Review of Collecting Ladies : Ferdinand von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists 2013 single work biography -
Collecting Ladies: Ferdinand von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists by Penny Olsen
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Reviews in Australian Studies , vol. 8 no. 5 2014;
— Review of Collecting Ladies : Ferdinand von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists 2013 single work biography