William Hooker (botanical illustrator) explained
William Hooker (botanical illustrator) should not be confused with William Jackson Hooker.
William Hooker (1779 - 1832) was a British illustrator of natural history. He studied under Franz Bauer (1758 - 1840), becoming the official artist of the Royal Horticultural Society from 1812 until retirement in 1820,[1] whose publications he illustrated. His paintings of fruit were particularly appreciated.[2] [3]
Hooker also worked on the "Oriental Memoirs" of James Forbes and The Paradisus Londinensis with descriptions by Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761 - 1829).[4] He contributed illustrations for "Hooker's Finest Fruits" until his death in 1832.[5]
See also
- Hooker's green, a green pigment, useful for representing leaves.
Notes and References
- Web site: HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London ... [Bound with:] Transactions ... Second Series ]. Donald A Heald - rare books, prints and maps . https://web.archive.org/web/20180417105330/https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/29434/horticultural-society-of-london/transactions-of-the-horticultural-society-of-london-bound-with-transactions-second-series . 15 September 2020. 17 April 2018 .
- Book: Blunt . Wilfred . Stearn . William T . The Art of Botanical Illustration . 1950 . Antique Collectors' Club . 978-1851491773 . First.
- Web site: 'English fruit illustration in the early nineteenth century. Part 2: Hooker, Withers and the Horticultural Society' in Studies in the History of British fruit, part 2, Occasional Paper from the RHS Lindley Library, volume 7, March 2012.
- Book: Blunt. Wilfrid. Stearn. William Thomas. William Thomas Stearn. 1994. The Art of Botanical Illustration. An Illustrated History [1950 edition]. Dover. New York. xxxii, 304. 0-486-27265-6.
- Web site: Sorry, no results were found | King & McGaw.
