Margaret Stones
Elsie Margaret Stones AM, MBE (born 28 August 1920 at Colac, Victoria) is an Australian botanical illustrator.[1] Stones worked as principal contributing artist to Curtis's Botanical Magazine from 1950 to 1951.[2] Between 1958 and 1983 she had produced more than 400 watercolor drawings for the magazine.[3]
In 1957 she was commissioned to prepare a set of floral designs for Australian postage stamps.[1]
Stones worked closely with Winifred Curtis between 1967 and 1978 in providing the illustrations for The Endemic Flora of Tasmania.
She has two genera named after her, Stonesia and Stonesiella.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Stones, Elsie Margaret (Margaret) (1920 - )". Bright Sparcs. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ "Stones, Elsie Margaret (1920-)". Australian National Herbarium. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ "Something rare -- a 'Stone' that gathers moss". Louisiana State University. 2004-02-23. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ Morgan, H. (25 November 2002). "Stones, Elsie (Margaret) (1920 - )". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
Further reading
- Zdanowicz, Irena (1996). Beauty in Truth: the Botanical Art of Margaret Stones. Victoria: National Gallery of Victoria.
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