MARIANNE NORTH: A VICTORIAN PAINTER FOR THE 21ST CENTURY NIGHT SKY In kitchens and living rooms

In kitchens and living rooms

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the Newbery Honor–winning author Joyce Sidman introduces readers to one of the first female entomologists and a woman who flouted convention in the pursuit of knowledge and her passion for insects

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MARIANNE NORTH: A VICTORIAN PAINTER FOR THE 21ST CENTURY NIGHT SKY In kitchens and living roomsThis lavishly illustrated book re assesses the work of the nineteenth century botanical painter Marianne North (1830 1890) and the purpose built gallery that houses her paintings at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Lynne Howarth Gladston, a trained botanical illustrator and scholar, re examines Norths working methods, which extend beyond those of conventional botanical illustration, and discusses Norths painterly techniques, in addition to her use of