Fanny Robinson (1802–1872)

Fanny Robinson Relatively little is known about the life and work of the exceptional amateur artist who, in the 1840s, created exquisite flower paintings Born in London in 1802, she was of a genteel family and accordingly educated in art, botany and the rich and complex symbolism of the Language of mostrar más Flowers. Of her early life and marriage at the age of 36 to William Hubbard Burrell we may only speculate on the basis of the sentiments expressed in her "Book of Memory," the private album of flower paintings and poetry that is her lasting legacy. Fanny died in Norfolk in 1872 Gill Saunders is a senior curator in the Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London mostrar menos