William Hooker (botanical illustrator)

Not to be confused with William Jackson Hooker.

William Hooker (1779–1832) was a British illustrator of natural history. He studied under Franz Bauer (1758–1840), becoming the official artist of the Royal Horticultural Society from 1812 until retirement in 1820,[1] whose publications he illustrated. His paintings of fruit were particularly appreciated.[2][3]

Hooker also worked on the "Oriental Memoirs" of James Forbes and The Paradisus Londinensis with descriptions by Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761–1829).[4] He contributed illustrations for "Hooker's Finest Fruits" until his death in 1832.[5]

The standard author abbreviation W.Hook. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

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References

  1. ^ "HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London ... [Bound with:] Transactions ... Second Series". Donald A Heald - rare books, prints and maps. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  2. ^ Blunt, Wilfred; Stearn, William T (1950). The Art of Botanical Illustration (First ed.). Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 978-1851491773.
  3. ^ "'English fruit illustration in the early nineteenth century. Part 2: Hooker, Withers and the Horticultural Society' in Studies in the History of British fruit, part 2, Occasional Paper from the RHS Lindley Library, volume 7, March 2012" (PDF).
  4. ^ Blunt, Wilfrid; Stearn, William Thomas (1994). The Art of Botanical Illustration. An Illustrated History [1950 edition]. New York: Dover. pp. xxxii, 304. ISBN 0-486-27265-6.
  5. ^ "Sorry, no results were found | King & McGaw".
  6. ^ International Plant Names Index.  W.Hook.


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