Margaret Stones
Elsie Margaret Stones
Life
Stones was born on 28 August 1920 in Colac, Victoria, Australia.[1]
Stones worked as principal contributing artist to Curtis's Botanical Magazine from 1950 to 1981.[2] Between 1958 and 1983 she produced more than 400 watercolour drawings for the magazine.[3]
In 1957 she was commissioned to prepare a set of floral designs for Australian postage stamps.[3]
Stones worked closely with Winifred Curtis between 1967 and 1978 in providing the illustrations for The Endemic Flora of Tasmania which was commisissioned by Rose Maud Talbot and her brother.[4]
In 1976, Stones was commissioned to create a series of six watercolours as part of
She was awarded a silver Veitch Memorial Medal in 1976 and a gold Veitch Memorial Medal in 1985 by the Royal Horticultural Society.[7] Stones has two genera named after her, Stonesia,[8] and Stonesiella.[9]
In 1977 Stones was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire[10] and in 1988 a Member of the Order of Australia for "service to art as an illustrator of botanical specimens".[11]
Stones died at Epworth,
See also
List of Australian botanical illustrators
References
- ^ a b "Margaret Stones". Skymorials. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Stones, Elsie Margaret (1920-)". Australian National Herbarium. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
- ^ a b "Stones, Elsie Margaret (Margaret) (1920 - )". Bright Sparcs. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
- ^ McGinness, Mark (17 March 2009). "The lady of Malahide Castle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ Native Flora of Louisiana: Watercolor Drawings by Margaret Stones, Louisiana Digital Library, Baton Rouge, La. <http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/MSW/> (accessed 2 February 2015)
- ^ "Native Flora of Louisiana: Watercolor Drawings by Margaret Stones," LSU Libraries Special Collections website.
- ^ "RHS Green Manual". RHS. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ^ "Stonesia G.Taylor | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ Morgan, H. (25 November 2002). "Stones, Elsie (Margaret) (1920 - )". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
- ^ "Miss Elsie Margaret STONES". It's an Honour. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "Miss Elsie Margaret STONES, MBE". It's an Honour. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
Further reading
- Zdanowicz, Irena (1996). Beauty in Truth: the Botanical Art of Margaret Stones. Victoria: National Gallery of Victoria.
External links
- Native Flora of Louisiana: Watercolor Drawings by Margaret Stones, Louisiana Digital Library, Baton Rouge, La. (accessed 2 February 2015) <http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/MSW>