The Lloyd Library's spring exhibition, Women and Nature in the Arts, Sciences and Letters, pays tribute to the female scientists, authors, artists and illutrators represented in the Lloyd collections.
The exhibition will feature works by naturalists, botanists, mycologists, horticulturists, and explorers, including pioneers of scientific illustration Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) and Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758), and designer of over 400 gardens, Gertrude Jekyll. Two of the more visually stunning books on display will be The Instructive Picture Book, or, Lessons from the Vegetable World by Charlotte Mary Yong (1858) and Illustrations of the Fungi of Our Fields and Woods by Sarah Price (1864). Both of we have had digitized and can be explored on-line by clicking on the titles. The Lloyd Gallery will feature Four Seasons at Burnet Woods, photography by Rama Kasturi.
To schedule an appointment to see Women and Nature, call (513)721-3707 or email contact@lloydlibrary.org.