Overview
Margaret Erskine Wilson, late President of Kendal Natural History Society, was a keen amateur botanist and water-colourist. In 1999, she donated to the Society 150 sheets of watercolour paintings representing a thousand British and Irish plants in flower and in fruit, painted in situ over many years and in various places. At the time she donated the paintings to Kendal Natural History Society, she wrote: Begun in 1943/4 for a friend who said, 'I might learn the names of flowers if you drew them for me, in the months they're in flower'! The result is this beautiful, previously-unpublished book of all her accurate and informative illustrations, painted over a period of 45 years. This book today still serves Margaret's original purpose in that it is indeed an attractive way to learn the names of our delicate and beautiful wild flowers.
Full Product Details
Author: Margaret Erskine Wilson
Publisher: Merlin Unwin Books
Imprint: Merlin Unwin Books
Dimensions:
Width: 14.30cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 16.80cm
Weight: 0.471kg
ISBN: 9781910723319
ISBN 10: 1910723312
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 01 September 2016
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
An exquisite little book, perfectly sized for a walker's rucksack. Her work is remarkable for the joy with which she captures the plants. Reading Wild Flowers of Britain makes you want to rush out and explore the countryside yourself. -- Constance Craig Smith * Daily Mail Weekend magazine * This book is a botanical treasure trove. As the wild flowers come in to bloom, they are captured in vivid style and named in the accompanying panel. Particularly useful when learning the names of hedgerow flowers, as a festive gift or an addition to your botanical bookshelf, this unique tome is top notch. -- Alexandra Henton * The Field * I was totally captivated by this beautiful book as soon as I first picked it up. You simply cannot put it down again. -- Caroline Reece, Waterstones manager Kendal * Westmoreland Gazette * A magnificent book that will be a treasure for all who put it on their bookshelves. * Highland News Group *
Author Information
Margaret Erskine Wilson (b.1915), read modern languages at Girton College Cambridge, then studied Textile Design at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London, until the war broke out in 1939. A career teacher, she finally moved to teach in the Lake District. She painted flowers all her life and exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Botanical Art Show in London, winning silver medals on at least two occasions. She died in 2009 and donated many of her paintings of wild flowers to the Kendal Natural History Society of which she was a former President.
