Augusta Innes Withers | |
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| Born | Augusta Hanna Elizabeth Innes Baker 1792 Gloucestershire, England |
| Died | 1877 |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Illustrator |
| Spouse | Theodore Withers |
Augusta Hanna Elizabeth Innes Withers (née Baker; 1792, Gloucestershire – 1877, London), was an English natural history illustrator, known for her illustrating of John Lindley's Pomological Magazine and her collaboration with Sarah Drake on the monumental Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala by James Bateman. She was appointed "Flower Painter in Ordinary" to Queen Adelaide and later to Queen Victoria. She also produced illustrations for Benjamin Maund's Botanis, the Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, the Illustrated Bouquet (1857-1863) and Curtis's Botanical Magazine.[1]
- ^ 'Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators', Volume 1 by Oxford University Press