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Maria Elizabeth Holland

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Maria Elizabeth Holland
Born
Maria Elizabeth Armstrong

(1836-04-24)24 April 1836
Died15 January 1878(1878-01-15) (aged 41)
Known forcontributions to Thesaurus capensis

Maria Elizabeth Holland (1836 - 1878) was a South African botanical artist and plant collector.

Early life

She was the eldest of fourteen children and was married to John Holland of Port Elizabeth. Her grandfather was Jacob Glen Cuyler.

Career

She contributed to volume I (1860) of William Henry Harvey's Thesaurus capensis,[1] and received praise from Harvey for her "well-executed outline drawings".[2]

Cyrtorchis arcuata from Thesaurus capensis
Microloma lineare from Thesaurus capensis

References

Notes
  1. ^ Harvey 1859, p. 58.
  2. ^ Gunn & Codd 1981, p. 189.
Sources
  • Gunn, Mary; Codd, L. E. W. (1981). Botanical Exploration Southern Africa. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-86961-129-6.
  • Harvey, William Henry (1859). Thesaurus capensis: or, illustrations of the South African flora, being figures and brief descriptions of South African plants, selected from the Dublin University Herbarium. Hodges, Smith, and co.