William Hooker (botanical illustrator)

William Hooker (1779–1832) was a British illustrator of natural history. He studied under Franz Bauer (1758–1840), becoming the official artist of the Royal Horticultural Society from 1812 until retirement in 1820,^[1] whose publications he illustrated. His paintings of fruit were particularly appreciated.^[2]^[3]

Hooker also worked on the Oriental Memoirs of James Forbes and The Paradisus Londinensis, with descriptions by Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761–1829).^[4] He contributed illustrations for Hooker's Finest Fruits until his death in 1832.^[5]

The standard author abbreviation W.Hook. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[6]

References

^ "HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London ... [Bound with:] Transactions ... Second Series". Donald A Heald - rare books, prints and maps. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
^ Blunt, Wilfred; Stearn, William T (1950). The Art of Botanical Illustration (First ed.). Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 978-1851491773. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
^ "'English fruit illustration in the early nineteenth century. Part 2: Hooker, Withers and the Horticultural Society' in Studies in the History of British fruit, part 2, Occasional Paper from the RHS Lindley Library, volume 7, March 2012" (PDF).
^ Blunt, Wilfrid; Stearn, William Thomas (1994). The Art of Botanical Illustration. An Illustrated History [1950 edition]. New York: Dover. pp. xxxii, 304. ISBN 0-486-27265-6.
^ "Sorry, no results were found | King & McGaw".
^ International Plant Names Index. W.Hook.

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[Heald2018-1] "HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London ... [Bound with:] Transactions ... Second Series". Donald A Heald - rare books, prints and maps. Archived from the original on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

[2] Blunt, Wilfred; Stearn, William T (1950). The Art of Botanical Illustration (First ed.). Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 978-1851491773. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

[3] "'English fruit illustration in the early nineteenth century. Part 2: Hooker, Withers and the Horticultural Society' in Studies in the History of British fruit, part 2, Occasional Paper from the RHS Lindley Library, volume 7, March 2012" (PDF).

[4] Blunt, Wilfrid; Stearn, William Thomas (1994). The Art of Botanical Illustration. An Illustrated History [1950 edition]. New York: Dover. pp. xxxii, 304. ISBN 0-486-27265-6.

[5] "Sorry, no results were found | King & McGaw".

[6] International Plant Names Index. W.Hook.

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William Hooker (botanical illustrator)

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