Wild flowers of North America : botanical illustrations by Mary Vaux Walcott / Pamela Henson.

"What does it take to paint a wildflower that blooms for a single day in a deep forest? For Mary Vaux Walcott, it involved spending up to seventeen hours a day out of doors with her paintbox to capture the shape, movement, and colors of delicate petals and leaves. Originally published in 1925 to eno...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Henson, Pamela M. (Author)
Other Authors: Walcott, Mary Vaux, 1860-1940 (Illustrator)
Language:English
Published: Munich ; New York : Prestel, [2022]
Subjects:
Walcott, Mary Vaux, > 1860-1940.
Wild flowers > North America > Pictorial works.
Women artists > United States > Biography.
Women naturalists > United States > Biography.
Botany > North America.
Botany.
Wild flowers.
Women artists.
Women naturalists.
North America.
United States.
Biographies.
Illustrated works.
Pictorial works.
Genre:
Pictorial works.
Biography.
Biographies.
Illustrated works.
Physical Description:319 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 33 cm
Variant Title:
Botanical illustrations by Mary Vaux Walcott
Format: Book

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