Fanny Osborne's Flower Paintings by Jeanne H. Goulding.

Fanny Osborne's Flower Paintings by Jeanne H. Goulding.

Published by Heinemann, NZ, 1983, first edition.

Very good hardback with jacket, some minor rubbing, bumping and marks.
Jacket has some creasing and fading to spine with a small closed tear.

84 pages, illustrated.

Born Fanny Malcolm in Auckland, on the 29th January 1852, Fanny was the second of 13 children. When she was six years old her lawyer Dad decided to turn his hand to farming and beekeeping at the remote location of Great Barrier Island and the family moved to an extremely run down and isolated property in Rosalie Bay. In 1874 Fanny married Alfred Osborne, from a nearby farm; but both sets of parents had disapproved of the match and after the marriage, despite settling on the Osborne farm at Tryphena a mere 7 miles away, Fanny never spoke to her mother again! She went on herself to raise 13 children, whilst dabbling in watercolours of Great Barrier Island flora. This developed into her creating the most exquisite watercolours of the flowers of the indigenous trees, shrubs, vines and herbs of Great Barrier Island. From both scientific and artistic points of view, her paintings of are exceptional and superbly crafted examples of botanical illustration.

ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. 

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