Botanical illustrator
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A botanical illustrator is a person who paints, sketches or otherwise illustrates botanical subjects such as trees and flowers. The job requires great artistic skill, attention to fine detail, and technical botanical knowledge.
Famous botanical illustrators include:
- Ferdinand Bauer
- Franz Bauer
- Georg Dionysius Ehret
- Walter Hood Fitch
- Margaret Mee
- Maryanne North
- Sydney Parkinson
- Celia Rosser
- Jill Smythies
- Elizabeth Twining
The Linnaean Society of London awards the Jill Smythies Award for botanical illustration.
