Elizabeth Blackwell is notable for being one of the first botanical artists to personally:
Blackwell is also notable for her publication "A Curious Herbal" in 1735. Blackwell compiled and published her hand drawn, engraved and coloured Herbal in order to raise funds to free her husband from debtors prison.
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A curious herbal: containing five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick engraved on folio copper plates, after drawings taken from the life / by Elizabeth Blackwell. To which is added a short description of ye plants and their common uses in physick.
A herbal is a book of plants, describing their appearance, their properties and how they may be used for preparing ointments and medicinal preparations, and the ailments for which they are used. It contains illustrations which are used to help to identify the plant.
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A Curious Herbal was well received by physicians and apothecaries for its scientific detail and accuracy.
Plants were described, as well as illustrated, in terms of:
A Curious Herbal was published between 1737 and 1739.
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Chelsea Physic Garden
66 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London SW3 4HS, UK This is where the plants came from which were included in "A Curious Herbal". Today the Chelsea Physic Garden has its own Florilegium Society. |
See also Old Botanic and Physic Gardens of London - for more about the Garden
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