Botanical illustration was considered an ideal pastime for Victorian women. Along with flower arranging and painting, botany was strongly associated as a feminine hobby. Here, Selby explores how such gender stereotypes propelled many nineteenth century women to become establish botanical illustrators after Charles Darwin’s, ‘The Origin of the Species’ sparked mainstream interest in natural history.
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