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Author:

Jones, Marjorie G., author.

Title:

Life and Times of Mary Vaux Walcott / Marjorie G. Jones.

Publisher:

Schiffer Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

176 pages : illustrations and portraits (some color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Walcott, Mary Vaux,--1860-1940--Biography.
Botanical illustration--19th century.
Botanical illustration--20th century.
Flowers in art.
Plants in art.
Watercolor painting, American--19th century.
Watercolor painting, American--20th century.

Notes:

Contains bibliographical references (pages 164-172) and index.

Contents:

Conclusion: Her Forceful Life. Chapter 1: City of Women -- Chapter 2: Bowling Along -- Chapter 3: This Wild Spirit -- Chapter 4: Thy Affectionate Daughter -- Chapter 5: With Mary -- Chapter 6: Splendid Wife -- Chapter 7: Audubon of Botany -- Chapter 8: My Dear Ladye -- Chapter 9: New Order of Things -- Conclusion: Her Forceful Life.

Summary:

"Known as the 'Audubon of Botany', Philadelphia Quaker Mary Morris Vaux Walcott (1860-1940) was a gifted artist whose stunning watercolors comprise a catalog of North American wildflowers. Walcott was catapulted to the highest levels of society and national politics by a late and bold marriage to the secretary of the Smithsonian. Along with an early (1887) transcontinental travelogue, never-before published correspondence with fellow Quaker and First Lady Lou Henry Hoover, and Commissioner Mary Walcott's reports for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this biography reveals rich intersections of history, religion, politics, women's studies, science, and art during the transformative times in which she lived". Front inside dustjacket flap

ISBN:

9780764349720
0764349724

OCLC:

(OCoLC)909926220

LCCN:

2015944973

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)