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MARIANNE See also:NORTH (1830—1890)
, See also:English naturalist and See also:flower-painter, was See also:born at See also:Hastings on the 24th of See also:October 183o, the eldest daughter of a See also:Norfolk landowner, descended from See also:Roger See also:North (16J3-1734)
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She trained as a vocalist under Madame See also:Sainton Dolby, but her See also:voice failed, and she then devoted herself to See also:painting See also:flowers
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After the See also:death of her See also:mother in 1855 she constantly travelled with her See also:father, who was then member of See also:parliament for Hastings; and on his death in 1869 she resolved to realize her See also:early ambition of painting the See also:flora of distant countries
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In 1871-1872 with this See also:object she went to See also:Canada, the See also:United States and See also:Jamaica, and spent a yearin See also:Brazil, where she did much of her See also:work at a hut in the depths of a See also:forest
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In 1875, after a few months at See also:Teneriffe, she began a See also:journey See also:round the See also:world, and for two years was occupied in painting the flora of See also:California, See also:Japan, See also:Borneo, See also:Java and See also:Ceylon
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The See also:year 1878 she spent in See also:India, and after her return she exhibited a number of her drawings in See also:London
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Her subsequent offer to See also:present the collection to the botanical gardens at See also:Kew, and to erect a See also:gallery for their reception, was accepted, and the new buildings, designed by See also:
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