Maria Elizabeth Holland

Maria Elizabeth Holland (24 April 1836 — 15 January 1878) was a Cape Colony botanical artist and plant collector.

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

Early life

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

Career

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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

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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.
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