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- Title
SKETCHING ROCKS AND LANDSCAPE: DRAWING AS A FEMALE ACCOMPLISHMENT IN THE SERVICE OF GEOLOGY.
- Authors
KOLBL-EBERT, MARTINA
- Abstract
The article discusses the role of women as amanuenses in the history of British geology, noting the importance of their sketches and drawings. Artists noted include Mary Anning, Mary Buckland, and Mary Ann Mantell. Topics include cultural views on drawing and water-colour painting as women's pursuits, the creation of hand-coloured geological maps, and sketches of landscapes and fossils in palaeontological publications. It is said that drawings of fossils were used both in lectures and for communication between scientists by mail.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; DRAWING -- Scientific applications; PALEONTOLOGICAL illustration; SCIENCE &; women; WOMEN artists; WOMEN in science; FOSSILS in art; ANNING, Mary, 1799-1847; BUCKLAND, Mary; MANTELL, Mary Ann; HISTORY
- Publication
Earth Sciences History, 2012, Vol 31, Issue 2, p270
- ISSN
0736-623X
- Publication type
Article