Botanicals - by Royal Collection Trust (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

A collection of gorgeous plant illustrations by famous artists and botanists.

Admire the beauty of botany with this book of exquisite illustrations from the Royal Collection. A source of inspiration for those with a love of plant life, illustration, and design, Botanicals includes more than eighty meticulous and scientifically accurate drawings by renowned artists and botanists, including Alexander Marshal, Maria Sibylla Merian, and Mark Catesby. Originally created as essential studies of the natural world, these vivid and graphic works of art are presented here alongside a concise expert introduction. This book is the perfect gift for plant lovers.

Review Quotes

"This volume presents the works of four 17th- and early 18th-century botanical illustrators. In the book's introduction, Alice Alder, a curator at the Royal Collection Trust (the art collection of Britain's royal family), provides background on the artists and the regions in which they worked: Alexander Marshal in London, Maria Sibylla Merian in Suriname, Mark Catesby worked in the Americas, and Cassiano del Pozza in Italy. Past the introduction, the 80 full-color images gorgeously reign, with the only further text being captions listing the artist, date, and sometimes collection. Beautiful and artistically inspiring."

-- "Library Journal"

About the Author

A department of the Royal Household, the Royal Collection Trust is responsible for the care of more than one million works of art in the Royal Collection and manages the public opening of Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Royal Mews, and The Queen's Galleries in London and Edinburgh.