Scottish artist Elizabeth Blackwell took years to produce her A Curious Herbal, not only drawing all the plants from life, but engraving the copper plates and hand-colouring the prints, all to raise the funds to get her husband out of…
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Scottish artist Elizabeth Blackwell took years to produce her A Curious Herbal, not only drawing all the plants from life, but engraving the copper plates and hand-colouring the prints, all to raise the funds to get her husband out of…

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