Inventory of the Margaret Stones Watercolors,
Sara Gunasekara
Department of Special Collections
General Library
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616-5292
Phone: (530) 752-1621
Fax: (530) 754-5758
Email: speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Creator:
Stones, Margaret
Title: Margaret Stones Watercolors
Date: 1987
Extent:
0.2 linear feet
Abstract: 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.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as
many are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. Library. Department of Special
Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: MC085
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
Biography
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).
Scope and Content
The collection contains six original watercolors of Northern California plants, painted in 1987 while Stones
was visiting California. Arranged alphabetically by plant name.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online
public access catalog.
Stones, Margaret
Plants in art
Watercolor painting
Botanical illustration
Botany--California, Northern--Pictorial works
Access
Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Margaret Stones in 1989.
Processing Information
Sara Gunasekara processed these papers and created and encoded this finding aid.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Margaret Stones Watercolors, MC085, Special Collections, UC Davis
Library, University of California, Davis.
Publication Rights
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.
Box MC Folio 7
Brodiaea laxa, Cold Canyon
1987 March 30
Box MC Folio 7
Calochortus albus, "globe lily," Table Mountain, Butte County
1987 April 9
Box MC Folio 7
Erythronium multiscapoideum, Greenstone, El Dorado County
1987 April 10
Box MC Folio 7
Fritillaria liliacea Lindl, Jepson vernal pools, Solano County
1987 March 31
Box MC Folio 7
Iris macrosiphon, Occidental
1987 April 7
Box MC Folio 7
Viola pedunculata, vernal pools, Solano County
1987 March 31
