The History of Plants, according to women, children and students
2002
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
2002
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Christine Borland took prints from a 1542 plant book and turned them into etchings. The original woodcuts were later colored by women and children whose names didn’t get recorded. It’s one of the earliest scientific plant books, so the images mattered a lot. Borland chose ten plates and redrew them as etchings. The hand-coloring was done by unnamed workers—women and kids—who had to match careful instructions. Look up Leonhart Fuchs next.
