Sir William Jardine, Bart (Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet of Applegarth)
William Jardine
British 19th century naturalist, artist, editor, and author
(Edinburgh, Scotland, 2/23/1800 – 11/21/1874, Isle of Wight, England)
Editor of the series The Naturalist's Library, and wrote many of the books in the series, making natural history more widely available to Victorian audiences. Member of The Royal Society of Edinburgh at age 25.
2 objects
1834
Illustrated book with steel engravings on paper
Gift of Charles Pendexter
2009.16.485.1
n.d.
engraved print with watercolor on paper
Archival Collection of Marion Boulton Stroud and Acadia Summer Arts Program, Mt. Desert Island, Maine. Gift from the Marion Boulton "Kippy" Stroud Foundation
2018.10.179
