Augusta Pownall

The British countryside in prints and paper-cuts

A review of Of Green Leaf, Bird and Flower, by Elizabeth R. Fairman. The images are mostly astounding but the essays are a mixed bag

Left: ‘Blackbere’ from Helmingham Herbal and Bestiary, c. 1500. Right: Common Hoopoe, c. 1789, by William Lewis
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  • Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower

    Elisabeth R. Fairman

    Yale, pp. 247

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