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#BotanicMonday: Cyrtosperma johnstonii, a native of the Solomon Islands. #SciArt by Matilda Smith for Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol. 140 (1914), edited by Sir David Prain. Contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at @mobotgarden to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/476776 _________________________________________________ #BHLCurtis #MatildaSmith #WomeninBHLib #WomenInScience #WomenInNaturalHistory #WomeninNatHist #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #MBG

#SciArtFix Swamp Arum (Lasimorpha senegalensis). Botanical #SciArt by #MatildaSmith, who was our featured artist for this week's #BHLSundayGarden. This illustration comes from Volume 124 (1898), which was edited by Joseph Dalton Hooker. Contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/450568 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #SwampArum #Arum #WomeninBHLib #WomenInNaturalHistory #FemaleArtists #FemaleIllustrators #WomenInScience #WomeninNatHist #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #floriculture #flowers #flowersofinstagram #Botany #BotanicalArt

Rocky Mountain Pond Lily (Nuphar polysepala). #SciArt by Matilda Smith for Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol. 146 (1920). Contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/470375 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #BHLCurtis #RockyMountainPondLily #YellowPondLily #PondLily #WaterLily #WaterLilies #floriculture #flowers #Botany #BotanicalArt #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #WomeninBHLib #WomenInScience #WomenInNaturalHistory #WomeninNatHist #MatildaSmith #MBG

Giant Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia clypeata). #MuseumWeek #WomenMW #SciArt by Matlida Smith for Joseph Dalton Hooker, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol. 123 (1897). Smith was the first official artist of the Royal Botanic Gardens at @kewgardens, appointed in 1898, and she produced over 2,300 botanical illustrations for the magazine from 1879-1923. Thanks to the Peter H. Raven Library at the @mobotgarden for contributing this work for digitization. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #MatildaSmith #JDHooker2017 #BHLCurtis #WomeninBHLib #floriculture #flowers #Botany #BotanicalArt #WomenInNaturalHistory #FemaleArtists #FemaleIllustrators #WomenInScience #WomeninNatHist #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix

Balearic Peony (Paeonia cambessedesii). #MuseumWeek #WomenMW #SciArt by #MatildaSmith. Welcome to this week's #BHLSundayGarden! We are featuring the botanical artwork of 19th century and early 20th century artist, Matilda Smith (1854-1926). In 1898, Smith became the first appointed official artist of the Royal Botanic Gardens at @kewgardens, and from 1878-1923, she produced more than 2,300 illustrations for Curtis's Botanical Magazine, which is affiliated with Kew Gardens. This Balearic Peony comes from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol. 133 (1907), which was contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/455289 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #BalearicPeony #Peony #Peonies #floriculture #flowers #Botany #BotanicalArt #HeritageMW #WomeninBHLib #WomenInNaturalHistory #FemaleArtists #FemaleIllustrators #WomenInScience #WomeninNatHist #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix

#BHLDailySciArt: Monkey Orchids (Coryanthes macrantha), a native of #Venezuela. Botanical #SciArt by #MatildaSmith, who is our featured artist for this week's #BHLSundayGarden. Smith drew over 2,300 illustrations for Curtis's Botanical Magazine during her 45-year tenure as a contributing artist. This illustration comes from Volume 126 (1900), which was edited by Joseph Dalton Hooker. Contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #MonkeyOrchids #MonkeyOrchid #Orchids #WomeninBHLib #WomenInNaturalHistory #FemaleArtists #FemaleIllustrators #WomenInScience #WomeninNatHist #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix #floriculture #flowers #flowersofinstagram #Botany #BotanicalArt

Yellow Hibiscus (Genus Hibiscus) by #MatildaSmith for this week's #BHLSundayGarden. From Volume 128 (1902) of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, edited by Joseph Dalton Hooker for @kewgardens. Contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/662814 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #YellowHibiscus #Yemen #Hibiscus #floriculture #flowers #Botany #BotanicalArt #WomeninBHLib #WomenInNaturalHistory #FemaleArtists #FemaleIllustrators #WomenInScience #WomeninNatHist #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix

Utah Sweetvetch (Hedysarum boreale). This week's #BHLSundayGarden features #MatildaSmith, a prolific botanical artist whose work was featured for Curtis's Botanical Magazine for 45 years. This illustration is one of Smith's first for the botanical magazine, and it is found in Volume 104 (1878), which was edited by Joseph Dalton Hooker, Smith's second cousin. Contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/465165 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #HeritageMW #MuseumWeek #WomenMW #WomeninBHLib #WomenInNaturalHistory #FemaleArtists #FemaleIllustrators #WomenInScience #WomeninNatHist #floriculture #flowers #flowersofinstagram #Botany #BotanicalArt #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix