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Elizabeth Blackwell is 29. The year is 1736. Her husband is in debtor’s prison and she has a small child to feed at home. What does she do? She turns desperation into inspiration, learning botany and painting an exquisite encyclopedia of medicinal plants https://t.co/QmWdejsYL1

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Elizabeth Blackwell is 29. The year is 1736. Her husband is in debtor’s prison and she has a small child to feed at home. What does she do? She turns desperation into inspiration, learning botany and painting an exquisite encyclopedia of medicinal plants https://t.co/LaTPLKA2kh

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“Big Bend View Point”11x14 palette knife oil painting by Peggy Ann Thompson 🎨Blackwell Gallery

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“Apple Blossoms”24x26 paletteknife oil painting study by Peggy Ann Thompson🎨Blackwell Gallery

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2020-02-16

“A Walk in the Park”11x14 paletteknife oil painting by Peggy Ann Thompson🎨Blackwell Gallery

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“River Song”9x12 paletteknife oil painting by Peggy Ann Thompson🎨Blackwell Gallery

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“Midnight Harbor”16x20 palette knife oil painting by Peggy Ann Thompson🎨Blackwell Gallery

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2020-02-14

I reworked this one again”Exploration and Discovery”11x14 palette knife oil painting by Peggy Ann Thompson🎨Blackwell Gallery

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“Kona Winds”6x8 palette knife oil painting by Peggy Ann Thompson🎨Blackwell Gallery

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“Francisco’s Barn”8x10 palette knife oil painting by Peggy Ann Thompson🎨Blackwell Gallery

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2020-02-10

“Majestic Mountain”12x12 palette knife study by Peggy Ann Thompson🎨Blackwell Gallery

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2020-02-10

“Autumn Snow in Idaho”16x20 palette knife study by Peggy Ann Thompson🎨Blackwell Gallery

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2020-02-09

“Painted Garden”8x10 palette knife oil painting study by Peggy Ann Thompson🎨Blackwell Gallery

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2020-02-08

“Eternal Spring”30x40 palette knife oil painting study by Peggy Ann Thompson🎨Blackwell Gallery

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2020-02-07

“Nautical Inspiration”8x10 palette knife oil painting study by Peggy Ann Thompson🎨Blackwell Gallery

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2020-02-06

It’s so we’re sharing this illustration by Scottish botanical artist Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758) from her book, A Curious Herbal. She wrote of hemp, “The Seed being boil’d in Milk ... is accounted good for old Coughs, and a Specific to cure the Jaundice.”

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2020-02-05

Happy birthday, Elizabeth Blackwell! The 1st woman in the US to receive a medical degree, Blackwell, born in 1821, championed women in medicine and opened her own medical college for women. More about her from .
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2020-02-03

“Hidden Treasure”12x24 palette knife oil painting by Peggy Ann Thompson🎨Blackwell Gallery

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2020-02-03

A Curious Herbal: Gorgeous Illustrations from Elizabeth Blackwell's 18th-Century Encyclopedia of Medicinal Botany https://t.co/y9RV5Pk8eZ via <

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2020-02-02

Elizabeth Blackwell is 29. The year is 1736. Her husband is in debtor’s prison and she has a small child to feed. What does she do? She turns desperation into inspiration, learning botany and painting an exquisite encyclopedia of medicinal plants. Dive in: https://t.co/vpV2EqjbWY

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