Helen Adelaide Wood

Helen Adelaide Wood (died 25 November 1927) was a British botanical artist and scientific illustrator best known for the collection of her illustrations held at the Natural History Museum of Jamaica.[1][2] She is also known for illustrating at least one print and three watercolours in Britton & Rose's The Cactaceae, published between 1919 and 1923.[1] The collection of her artwork in the Natural History Museum of Jamaica has been inscribed on the UNESCO Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Memory of the World Register.[3] Along with the Natural History Museum of Jamaica, Wood's artwork is also held in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History.[1][4] She was one of the first women museum workers in the Caribbean and was employed at the Natural History Museum of Jamaica from 1912 to 1927.[5][6][7]

Helen Adelaide Wood
Died25 November 1927
NationalityBritish
Known forBotanical art
The Cactaceae (Plate XXXVI) (6026512628)
The Cactaceae (Plate XVIII) (6025951147).jpg
The Cactaceae (Plate XIX) (6025951379).jpg

References
  1. "The Helen Adelaide Wood Collection" (PDF). www.nlj.gov.jm. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  2. Gloudon, Ancile (1983). "An Orchid portfolio : watercolours by Helen Adelaide Wood and H.Q. Levy". Jamaica Journal. 16 (2): 37–40. OCLC 82024893.
  3. "Tenth Meeting of MOWLAC Regional Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean UNESCO Memory of the World Program Mexico City" (PDF). mowlac.files.wordpress.com. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  4. "Opuntia jamaicensis". collections.nmnh.si.edu. 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  5. Cummins, Alissandra (1991). "The role of women in Caribbean museum development – where are we now?". Museum International. 43 (3): 140–143. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0033.1991.tb00974.x.
  6. "Jamaica's rich fauna and flora". Jamaica Observer. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  7. Farr, Thomas H. (1985). "Early Years of the Natural History Division" (PDF). Jamaican Journal. 18 (2): 19–28.

   

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.