William Henry Harvey b. 5 February 1811

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Botanical artist, lithographer and botanist, he travelled widely and between 1834 and 1863 published illustrations of South African, North American, British and Japanese plants, mostly algae.
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Citations

  • Harvey, W. (1863), ''Phycologia Australica; or, a History of the Australian Seaweeds’, 5 vols’, London, England, UK (1858-1863), 300 hand-coloured lithographs.

  • Harvey, W. (1847), 'Nereis Australis; or, Illustrations of the Algae of the Southern Ocean’, London, England, UK, 50 hand-coloured lithographs.

  • Hooker, J. (1859), ''The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror …’ 2 & 3’, London, England, UK (1852-1859), Coloured lithographs of algae by Harvey.

  • 'Journal of Botany 1’, London, England, UK, plates 75, 76, 88, 89.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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