Elizabeth Blackwell (illustrator)

Elizabeth Blackwell
Born1699 (1699)
Died1758 (aged 58–59)
Known forillustrator
SpouseAlexander Blackwell

Elizabeth Blackwell (born 23 April 1699 in Aberdeen – 1758) was a botanical illustrator best known as the drawer and engraver of the plates for A Curious Herbal, published between 1737 and 1739. It illustrated medicinal plants in a reference work for the use of physicians and apothecaries.

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