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Lady Herschel
Portrait by Alfred Edward Chalon
Born
Margaret Brodie Stewart

1810
Died1884
Occupations
  • Artist
  • hostess
SpouseJohn Herschel

Margaret, Lady Herschel (née Brodie Stewart; 1810–1884) was a British botanical artist and hostess. While she was in Cape Colony, she and her husband made over a hundred botanical paintings of wild flowers, which they brought back to Europe for study. Her husband was one of the leading scientists of Victorian Britain.

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she studied popular Astronomy books, including Sir John Herschel's Outlines of Astronomy. Margaret also developed a keen interest in photography, which she...

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the photographer Julia Margaret Cameron. Cameron was the son of Charles Cameron, governor of the Bahama Islands, by Lady Margaret Hay, daughter of James...

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2009 Lincolnshire County Council election

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