Regina Olson Hughes
American botanical illustrator
American botanical illustrator
American ornithologist, illustrator, and activist in the anti-slavery, temperance, and women’s suffrage movements.
Alison Ashby painted water colours of many hundreds of Australian flowers. The originals are now housed in the South Australian State Herbarium and more than 200 have been published as postcards.
Anna Walker was a botanist during the 1800s who studied the flora of New South Wales and Tasmania. The Mitchell Library has a collection of her works including sketches and letters.
Mexican-American children’s book author and illustrator
Artist and the niece of Napoleon Bonaparte
Irish illustrator and writer
Betty Blayton (1937-2016) was an illustrator, painter, printmaker, and sculptor.
Entitled G.I. Gertie, her comic strips appeared in a Women’s Army Corps (WAC) publication and featured the hijinks of a young woman soldier.
Barry invented the term “autobiofictionalography” to describe the hybrid nature of her multilayered, multimedia approach that incorporates collage and drawing in ink and watercolor.