Joseph Dalton Hooker and Indian Botanical Art at Kew Gardens
By: Jones, Cam Sharp
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Publisher: Mumbai Marg Publications 2018-19Edition: Vol.70(2), Dec-Mar.Description: 77-80p.Subject(s): ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)Online resources: Click here
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MargSummary: This article explores the botanical illustrations produced by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker during his travels in Sikkim and the Himalayan regions in the 19th century. Hooker’s work had visible impacts on British and European understanding of the diversity of Indian flora. His field-sketches, especially those of the rhododendrons, later adapted by the lithographer Walter Hood Fitch, established these wondrous blooms as staples of British horticulture.
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This article explores the botanical illustrations produced by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker during his travels in Sikkim and the Himalayan regions in the 19th century. Hooker’s work had visible impacts on British and European understanding of the diversity of Indian flora. His field-sketches, especially those of the rhododendrons, later adapted by the lithographer Walter Hood Fitch, established these wondrous blooms as staples of British horticulture.
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