Elizabeth Blackwell

Visual Artist

1707 – 1758

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Who was Elizabeth Blackwell?

Elizabeth Blackwell, was a famed Scottish botanical illustrator and author who was best known as both the artist and engraver for the plates of "A Curious Herbal", published between 1737 and 1739. The book illustrated many odd-looking and unknown plants from the New World, and was designed as a reference work on medicinal plants for the use of physicians and apothecaries.

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Born
1707
Aberdeen
Nationality
  • Scotland
Died
1758
London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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