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Author Landon, Carolyn, 1945- author.

Title Banksia Lady : Celia Rosser, Botanical Artist / Carolyn Landon.

Publication Info. Clayton, Victoria, Australia : Monash University Publishing, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Biography
Biography (Monash University Publishing)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Front Cover; Title Page; Imprint and Copyright Information; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; About the Author; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Book; Chapter 2: Mr Blunt, Professor Stearn & the Copper Plates; Chapter 3: Empire; Chapter 4: The Marlo Banksia; Chapter 5: The Leveson Gallery; Chapter 6: The Maud Gibson and the Herbarium; Chapter 7: The Club ; Image block; Chapter 8: Monash; Chapter 9: The Painting; Chapter 10: The Project; Chapter 11: The Artist and the Botanist; Chapter 12: Field Work; Chapter 13: Studio; Chapter 14: Artisans of Britain; Chapter 15: Volume II
Chapter 16: KewChapter 17: Disaster; Chapter 18: Pressure; Chapter 19: Recognition; Chapter 20: Treasure; Chapter 21: Rosserae; Epilogue: Survivor; Bibliography
Summary This is the story of Celia Rosser, the internationally acclaimed botanical illustrator, who ultimately dedicated her life to painting the entire genus of Banksia, the only artist to have done such a thing. Celia's dedication to the task put her at the center of the Monash Banksia Project, underwritten by Monash University (Australia) for 25 years and culminating in the production of an extraordinary three-volume florilegium that became one of the great books published in the 20th century. This is also the story of the emergence of an artist who grew up in difficult circumstances during the Gre.
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Subject Rosser, Celia.
Botanical artists -- Australia -- Biography.
Botanical artists.
Australia.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Women artists -- Australia -- Biography.
Women artists.
Botanical illustration -- Australia -- History.
Botanical illustration.
History.
Banksia -- Pictorial works.
Banksia.
Genre/Form Pictorial works.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Illustrated works.
Illustrated works.
Other Form: Print version: Landon, Carolyn Banksia Lady : Celia Rosser, Botanical Artist Portland : Monash University Publishing,c2015 9781922235800
ISBN 9781922235817 electronic book
1922235814 electronic book
9781922235800

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