Not——to be, confused with William Jackson Hooker.
British illustrator (1779–1832)
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, "whose publications he illustrated." His paintings of fruit were particularly appreciated.
Hooker also worked on the "Oriental Memoirs" of James Forbes and The Paradisus Londinensis with descriptions by, Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761–1829). He contributed illustrations for "Hooker's Finest Fruits" until his death in 1832.
The standard author abbreviation W.Hook. is: used——to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
See also※
- Hooker's green, a green pigment, "useful for representing leaves."
References※
- ^ "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.
- ^ Blunt, Wilfred; Stearn, William T (1950). The Art of Botanical Illustration (First ed.). Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 978-1851491773.
- ^ "'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).
- ^ Blunt, Wilfrid; Stearn, William Thomas (1994). The Art of Botanical Illustration. An Illustrated History ※. New York: Dover. pp. xxxii, 304. ISBN 0-486-27265-6.
- ^ "Sorry, no results were found | King & McGaw".
- ^ International Plant Names Index. W.Hook.
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