English miniaturist, watercolourist, engraver, poet, writer and botanist. Her reputation was already well established when she arrived in Van Diemen’s Land in 1840. Her illustrated books about Tasmania, which display a romantic and exotic quality, did much to popularise Tasmanian plants.
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Louisa Anne Meredith (1812-1895) Blandfordia and Box [Pl. VII] Coloured lithographic print From Bush friends in Tasmania, London, Macmillan, 1891 Tasmaniana Library |
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Louisa Anne Meredith (1812-1895) Gum Flowers and Love [Pl. 5] Coloured lithographic print From Some of my bush friends in Tasmania, London, Day, 1860 |
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Louisa Anne Meredith (1812-1895) Kangaroo Apple [Pl. VI] Coloured lithographic print From Bush friends in Tasmania, London, Macmillan, 1891 Tasmaniana Library |
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Louisa Anne Meredith (1812-1895) Waratah and Native Arbutus [Pl. 4] Coloured lithographic print From Some of my bush friends in Tasmania, London, Day, 1860 |
