Margaret Herschel
Lady Herschel | |
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Portrait by Alfred Edward Chalon | |
| Born | Margaret Brodie Stewart 31 August 1810 |
| Died | 3 August 1884 (aged 73) |
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| Spouse | John Herschel |
Margaret, Lady Herschel (née Brodie Stewart; 1810–1884) was a British botanical artist and hostess. While she was in Cape Colony, she and her husband made over a hundred botanical paintings of wild flowers, which they brought back to Europe for study. Her husband was one of the leading scientists of Victorian Britain.