Walcott, Mary Vaux, 1860-1940

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Name (Latin)
Walcott, Mary Vaux, 1860-1940
Other forms of name
Walcott, Mary Morris Vaux, 1860-1940
Date of birth
1860-07-31
Date of death
1940-08-22
Field of activity
Art
Illustration of books
Naturalism in art
Occupation
Artists
Illustrators
Naturalists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 43313923
Wikidata: Q6780882
Library of congress: n 86012335
OBC10: 000002939
Sources of Information
  • Henson, Pamela M. Wild flowers of North America, 2022 :title page (Botanical illustrations by Mary Vaux Walcott) illustrator bio. pages 13-25 (Mary Morris Vaux Walcott, born July 31, 1860 in Philadelphia, she became a botanical artist, explorer, working in the scientific illustration tradition of naturalism, she published her first volume, of five, of her North American Wild Flowers in 1925, contributed to the Smithsonian Institution serving as secretary, she died on August 22, 1940)
  • Her Wildflowers of America, 1987, c1953:CIP t.p. (Mary Vaux Walcott)
  • LC manual auth. cd.(hdg.: Walcott, Mary Morris (Vaux), 1860-1940; usage: Mary Vaux Walcott)
  • NUC pre 1956(hdg.: Walcott, Mary Morris (Vaux), 1860-1940; usage: Mary Vaux Walcott)