Lady Herschel | |
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Born | Margaret Brodie Stewart 1810 |
Died | 1884 |
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Spouse | John Herschel |
Margaret, Lady Herschel (née Brodie Stewart; 1810–1884) was a British botanical artist and hostess. While she was in Cape Colony, she and her husband made over a hundred botanical paintings of wild flowers, which they brought back to Europe for study. Her husband was one of the leading scientists of Victorian Britain.