Margaret Herschel

Lady Herschel
Born
Margaret Brodie Stewart

1810
Died1884
Occupations
  • Artist
  • hostess
SpouseJohn 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.