An Irish Florilegium /anglais - Couverture rigide

Walsh

9780500233634: An Irish Florilegium /anglais

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0500233632 ISBN 13 : 9780500233634

Editeur : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1983

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Book by Nelson Charles

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Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

Wendy Walsh, following in the traditions of botanical artists from previous ages, has put her exceptional skills to marvellous effect in this beautiful collection of watercolour drawings. She has painted here a selection of the native and cultivated flora of Ireland, where she lives, chosen not only for their botanical interest or attractiveness but also because they happen to have an interesting history: Ireland has produced a surprising number of devoted and intrepid plant-hunters who played a significant part in the introduction into Europe of plants from remote places. Ruth Isabel Ross recounts the history of plant collecting and horticulture by the Irish since earliest times, and Dr Charles Nelson has written extensive notes on the individual plants. The main attraction of this book, however, remains the delicate and subtle watercolour drawings of Wendy Walsh, who works only from nature, painting the actual plants which are her subjects.

Revue de presse :

A book to be treasured ... I simply adore this book. It is a work of an extraordinary high standard. --Irish Garden Plant Society Newsletter

Wendy Walsh's intense and precisely observed watercolours have ensured her place in a great tradition of botanical painting. --The Irish Times

Two of the most collectable Irish art books of recent years. --Irish Times

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