Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
The Bauers : Joseph, Franz & Ferdinand : masters of botanical illustration : an illustrated biography
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Prestel
Place
Date
2015?
Physical Description
496 pages : colour illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 32 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9783791354897
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Content
The incompletely known world -- The Bauer brothers: formative years in Feldsberg -- The interval in Vienna -- Joseph Bauer in papal Rome -- Ferdinand Bauer and John Sibthorp explore the Levant -- Ferdinand Bauer in Oxford -- Franz Bauer and Joseph Franz Edler von Jacquin tour Europe -- Franz Bauer in the circle of Sir Joseph Banks in London and Kew -- Ferdinand Bauer, the years between -- Ferdinand Bauer and Robert Brown explore Australia -- Ferdinand Bauer in the circle of Sir Joseph Banks in London -- Joseph and Ferdinand Bauer back in Vienna -- Franz Bauer examines red snow and orchids -- Franz Bauer observes the cell nucleus and pollen diversity -- Franz Bauer in the circle of Sir Everard Home in London and Kew -- Franz Bauer, the Nestor of Kew -- Testaments and the disposal of two estates -- Posthumous publication -- Fortunate circumstances -- Afterlife.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Bauer, Ferdinand, 1760-1826--Exhibitions; Bauer, Joseph, 1756-1831--Exhibitions; Bauer, Franz Andreas, 1758-1840--Exhibitions; Botanical illustration--History--Exhibitions; Botanical artists--England--Biography--Exhibitions]
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Natural History Museum, London, November 2015. Includes bibliographical references (pages 472-478) and indexes.
Collection Type
Reading Room
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
16 Dec 2023
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