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#PlantHumanities, #plant #VisualCultures: #botanical #drawings as proxy #specimens, used by #herbarium #botanists in plant identification. Shown here: 1 &2 by #Vishnupersaud, 3 & 4 by William #Burchell, early #C19. #art & #science in counterpoise @RoyalHolloway @Kew_LAA
This week's #Floral #Friday is a delightful Himalayan Dolomiaea from 'Illustrations of the #botany ... of the Himalayan Mountains' by Royle (1839)
Most of the plates in this work are after Vishnupersaud, the greatest Indian #botanical artist of his time
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