Arcadópolis
Geraniums
Louisa Anne Meredith, 1836
What you see
Two stems rise from the bottom and end in clusters of flowers. The larger one sits at the upper left; the smaller one peeks out on the right. Round, toothed leaves spread below, and on the left hang buds with red tips. The composition climbs on a diagonal, from the leaves to the highest flower.
The petals combine two tones: pale pink on the lower ones and a maroon patch with dark veins on the upper ones. In the right-hand cluster the maroon is stronger and covers almost the whole petal. The leaves range from dark green to a bluish green. Seek out the orange stamens in each flower and the pink bud bending beneath the large cluster.
About Louisa Anne Meredith
Louisa Anne Meredith was born in Birmingham and, before she married, had already published in England, under her maiden name, Twamley, books of poems and flowers illustrated by herself. In 1839 she married and emigrated to Australia, and from 1840 she lived in Tasmania. A writer, naturalist and illustrator, she painted the flowers, birds and insects of the Tasmanian bush in great detail, and published her plates in books such as “Some of My Bush Friends in Tasmania”. She was also a member of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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