Book review: Penny Olsen, 'Collecting Ladies', Dorothy Erickson

Vol 35 no 4, November 2013
Article from Vol 35 no 4, November 2013

Book review: Penny Olsen, 'Collecting Ladies', Dorothy Erickson

Abstract:

As the daughter of a botanist, botanical artist and writer for whom species and genera have been named, and currently researching the women artists of Western Australia, I was really interested to review what looked to be a lovely book. The attractive layout designed by Kathryn Wright has numerous illustrations interspersed with a selection of photographs of von Mueller and the women.

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