Margaret Stones

Elsie Margaret Stones AM, MBE (born 28 August 1920 at Colac, Victoria) is an Australian botanical illustrator.^[1] Stones worked as principal contributing artist to Curtis's Botanical Magazine from 1950 to 1951.^[2] Between 1958 and 1983 she had produced more than 400 watercolor drawings for the magazine.^[3]

In 1957 she was commissioned to prepare a set of floral designs for Australian postage stamps.^[1]

Stones worked closely with Winifred Curtis between 1967 and 1978 in providing the illustrations for The Endemic Flora of Tasmania.

She has two genera named after her, Stonesia and Stonesiella.^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Stones, Elsie Margaret (Margaret) (1920 - )". Bright Sparcs. http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P004310b.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-08. 
2. ^ "Stones, Elsie Margaret (1920-)". Australian National Herbarium. 13 November 2007. http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/stones-margaret.html. Retrieved 2009-10-08. 
3. ^ "Something rare -- a 'Stone' that gathers moss". Louisiana State University. 2004-02-23. http://www.lsu.com/unv002.nsf/%28NoteID%29/ADDE4520E4D3B6F086256E43007A46B3?OpenDocument. Retrieved 2009-10-08. 
4. ^ Morgan, H. (25 November 2002). "Stones, Elsie (Margaret) (1920 - )". The Australian Women's Register. http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0295b.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-08. 

Further reading

• Zdanowicz, Irena (1996). Beauty in Truth: the Botanical Art of Margaret Stones. Victoria: National Gallery of Victoria. 

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