Ellis Rowan
National Library of Australia
Ellis Rowan (1848–1922) was a painter, naturalist, writer and explorer. For almost 50 years, she travelled to remote parts of Australia, India, Europe, America and New Guinea in pursuit of exotic flowers and wildlife to paint. One of Australia’s most-loved botanical artists, she was a woman who made her mark at a time when scientific illustration was a male domain.
The Ellis Rowan collection at the National Library of Australia comprises 919 watercolours and gouaches painted between about 1870 and 1920. This represents less than one third of Rowan’s total output.
The Artists of the National Library of Australia series showcases the Library’s extensive Pictures Collection.
- Release
- Jul-0224
- ISBN
- 9781922507662
- RRP (AUD)
- $34.99
- Format
- Paperback & ebook
- Category
- Australian Artist
National Library of Australia
NLA Publishing was established in 1971 to ‘share fully and effectively with scholars, students and the general reader the original manuscripts, fascinating pictorial records, rare books, literary, historical and social material in the Library’s collections’.
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NLA Publishing creates books that tell stories by and about Australians. We explore the Library’s extensive collections to share Australia’s culture and history.
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