Book ID: 117678
Laird, Mark et al.
The Dominion of flowers. BotanicalArt and Global Plant RElations. 2024. illus. (col.). XX, 253 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Between 1760 and 1840, exotic plants plants were imported from across Britain's empire and lavishly depicted in periodicals and scientific treatises as specimenst collected alongside othe objects of natural history. The author's new provocative book - part art history, part polemic - weaves fine art, botanical illustration and previously unpublished archival material into into a political and ethical account of Britain's heritage, showing how plants were not only integral to English gardens of the Georgian and Victorian areas but also to British culture more broadly.