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Margaret Stones

Elsie Margaret Stones AM, MBE (born 28 August 1920 at Colac, Victoria) is an Australian botanical illustrator.


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Adam Forster

Adam Forster aka Carl August von Wiarda (5 April 1848 Emden, East Frisia - 11 April 1928 Sydney), was a botanical illustrator and naturalist, who after a lengthy stay in South Africa, eventually emigrated to Australia.

Albrecht Meyer

Albrecht Meyer also known as Albertus Meyer in Latinised form, was a botanical illustrator noted for his more than 500 plant images in Leonhart Fuchs's epic pre-Linnean publication of 1542, De Historia Stirpium Commentarii Insignes, published in Latin and Greek, and almost immediately translated into German.

Claës Fredrik Hornstedt

Claës Fredrik Hornstedt (12 February 1758 Linköping – May 1809 Helsinki) was a Swedish naturalist, taxonomist, botanical illustrator and a protégé of Carl Peter Thunberg.

Franz Bauer

There Jacquin the younger introduced him to Sir Joseph Banks, who, recognizing his extraordinary talent, secured him a position as first botanical illustrator at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Museum, at an annual salary of £300.

Panckoucke

Ernestine Panckoucke née Désormeaux (1784-1860), botanical illustrator of François-Pierre Chaumeton's "Flore médicale" (1818)

Pieter van Kouwenhoorn

Pieter van Kouwenhoorn aka Pieter Kouwenhoorn (1599 Haarlem - c21 May 1654 Leiden) (fl.1620s-1630s) was a Dutch botanical illustrator.