Nellie Roberts
Nellie Roberts | |
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| Born | Nellie Roberts October 15, 1872 |
| Died | March 29, 1959 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | orchid painting |
| Awards | Veitch Memorial Medal 1953 |
Nellie Roberts (15 October 1872 – 29 March 1959) was an English botanical and scientific illustrator from Lambeth.[1] She was the first and longest serving Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) orchid artist.[2] Roberts was employed to paint orchids that had gained RHS awards and built a reference collection of images of cultivars and hybrids for the Society.[3] She was awarded the RHS Gold medal in 1900 and a silver Veitch Memorial Medal in 1954 for the quality of her art.[2][4]
References
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- ^ Elliott, Brent (March 2010). "The Royal Horticultural Society and its orchids: a social history" (PDF). Occasional Papers from the RHS Lindley Library. 2: 3–53.
- ^ a b Oder, Thomas Allen (March 2009). "Nelly Roberts". The Orchid Review. 117 (1285): 32–38.
- ^ Lightman, Bernard V, ed. (2016). A companion to the history of science. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons. p. 119. ISBN 9781118620748. OCLC 926106013.
- ^ Horwood, Catherine (2010). Gardening Women: Their Stories From 1600 to the Present. UK: Hachette UK. ISBN 9780748118335.