Maria Elizabeth Holland

Maria Elizabeth Holland
Born Maria Elizabeth Armstrong
(1836-04-24)24 April 1836
Uitenhage
Died 15 January 1878(1878-01-15) (aged 41)
London
Known for contributions to Thesaurus capensis

Maria Elizabeth Holland (1836 - 1878) was a South African botanical artist and plant collector.

Early life

She was the eldest of fourteen children and was married to John Holland of Port Elizabeth. Her grandfather was Jacob Glen Cuyler.

Career

She contributed to volume I (1860) of William Henry Harvey's Thesaurus capensis,[1] and received praise from Harvey for her "well-executed outline drawings".[2]

Cyrtorchis arcuata from Thesaurus capensis
Microloma lineare from Thesaurus capensis

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