Merian's ghost illustration of rock faces fissures for Rumpf. Image source: Rumpf, Georg Eberhard, and Sipman. D’Amboinsche rariteitkamer. Amsterdam: Jan Roman de Jonge, 1741.

Women's Work

Portraits of 12 Scientific Illustrators from the 17th to the 21st Century

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Linda Hall Library

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Missouri Botanical Garden Library

Bateman, James. Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala. London: Ridgway, 1837-43.

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Hussey, Anna Maria. Illustrations of British Mycology: Containing Figures and Descriptions of the Funguses of Interest and Novelty Indigenous to Britain. London: Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1849-1855.

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