Fanny Elizabeth de Mole
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Fanny Elizabeth de Mole (1 March 1835- 26 December 1866) was a botanical artist who was born in London and migrated to South Australia in 1857.[1] She was born in the residential rooms of Merchant Taylors Hall London, her father was John Bamber De Mole and her mother Isabel was the daughter of engineer Henry Maudslay.[2]
She wrote and illustrated the first book on wildflowers in that state Wildflowers of South Australia in 1861.[3][4]
In order to achieve colour quality which would not weaken through the printing process, lithographs of the illustrations were prepared in England by Paul Jerrard & Son and hand-coloured in Australia. The book contains 20 hand-coloured lithographed plates. The original edition of Wildflowers of South Australia is now quite difficult to obtain. In 2014 a copy of the book sold at Christie's for $3,750.[5]
Five years after her book was published Fanny Elizabeth de Mole died from tuberculosis at Willunga, South Australia.[6]
References
- ^ "de Mole, Fanny Elizabeth (1835-1866)". Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ^ "De Mole, Fanny Elizabeth (1835-1866)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ^ Ideas and Endeavours –- The natural sciences in South Australia. / Chapter 5 Botany by E.L. Robertson. South Australia : Royal Society of South Australia, 1986.
- ^ Olsen, Penny (2013). Collecting Ladies: Ferdinand Von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists. National Library Australia.
- ^ "Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Americana". Christie's. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ^ From shadow into light: South Australian women artists since colonisation / by Shirley Cameron Wilson. South Australia: Delmont, 1988.