Description
Margaret Stones (1920-2018), botanical artist, served for twenty-five years as the principal
illustrator for
Curtis's Botanical Magazine and worked under commission for the Royal
Botanical Gardens, Kew, England. The collection contains six original watercolors of Northern California
plants, painted in 1987 while Stones was visiting California.
Background
Margaret Stones (1920-2018), botanical artist, served for twenty-five years as the principal illustrator for
Curtis's Botanical Magazine and worked under commission for the Royal Botanical Gardens,
Kew, England. She is the author of The endemic flora of Tasmania (1967) and Flora of
Louisiana (1991).
Restrictions
All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is
not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Availability
Collection is open for research.