Women in Illustrated Scientific Publishing of the 19th Century: Maria Graham, Anna Atkins And Matilda Smith

Abstract

Significant changes occurred in scientific illustration and women participated in them in a variety of ways. Many women have actively contributed to scientific research. They were plant collectors, artists who traveled through distant lands and illustrators who studied the strict postulates of science and often explored new methods for producing images for natural history books. In this paper we examine three English artists, Maria Graham, Anna Atkins, and Matilda Smith, who lived in different periods of the 19th century and were employed at renowned journals and publishing houses.

Maria Graham; Anna Atkins; Matilda Smith; Illustrated Scientific Production