The Botanical Writings of Maria Graham’

摘要

Botany was a popular and fashionable pursuit for both men and women during the period between 1760 and 1830, its popularity demonstrated by its appearance in magazines, novels and poems, the increasing availability of books aimed at a general readership, the publication of botanical games and playing cards, manuals of instruction in flower-drawing and the existence of substantial audiences for public lectures. Women moved into botanical culture in growing numbers at the beginning of the nineteenth century and botany became increasingly seen as suitable for female study.