Prehistoric Botanists
Date1889
Artist
W. Hamilton Gibson
(American illustrator and author, 1850–1896)
Illustration Citation"Winged Botanists," by William Hamilton Gibson, in The Century Magazine, September 1889.
MediumInk and graphite on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 9 9/16 × 7 9/16 in. (24.3 × 19.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Frank Morton Jones, 1942
Object number1942-4
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis drawing, which served as an introduction to a magazine article, perfectly encapsulates Gibson's approach to botany and natural history. The plants and fossil are exquisitely detailed and poetically juxtaposed.
