A brilliant touch : Adam Forster's wildflower paintings / Christobel Mattingley.
Material type:
TextSeries: Portfolio seriesPublication details: Canberra : National Library of Australia, c2010.Description: 159 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cmISBN: - 9780642277176 (hbk.)
- 759.994 22
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Summary: Adam Forster was a skilled, self-taught botanical artist whose goal was to paint one thousand species of Australian wildflowers. To this end, on weekends, he travelled all over the Sydney region and country New South Wales to sketch and collect plant specimens. The National Library of Australia has over 900 of Forster's superb watercolours, 90 of which are presented here as full-colour plates.
Adam Forster -- Adam forster's flower paintings -- List of illustrations -- Index of plant names.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | State Botanical Collection | RBG | 759.994 BRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | RBGM00007369 |
Includes index.
Adam Forster -- Adam forster's flower paintings -- List of illustrations -- Index of plant names.
Adam Forster was a skilled, self-taught botanical artist whose goal was to paint one thousand species of Australian wildflowers. To this end, on weekends, he travelled all over the Sydney region and country New South Wales to sketch and collect plant specimens. The National Library of Australia has over 900 of Forster's superb watercolours, 90 of which are presented here as full-colour plates.
RBG copy donated by the Estate of Anne Marie MacArthur, January 2019.
