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Lydia Shackleton

Painting of a hellebore by Shackleton, gouache and watercolour

  • ... that although Lydia Shackleton eventually went blind, over 1,000 of her orchid paintings (example pictured) survive?

Created/expanded by K1167189 (talk), Gobonobo (talk), Edwardx (talk). Nominated by Edwardx (talk) at 21:07, 2 November 2013 (UTC).

Symbol redirect vote 4.svg I've re-cut this article and added new sources so this might encourage a new editor Victuallers (talk) 22:53, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
  • Symbol question.svg Nice job, Victuallers. I also did some copyediting to move this clear of close paraphrasing. Article is new enough, long enough, well-referenced. No close paraphrasing seen. QPQ done. The current hook ref is AGF, but I'm just wondering if we could try something a little more hooky:
  • ALT1: ... that Irish botanical artist Lydia Shackleton, who painted over 1500 botanical studies, helpfully taped a genuine pressed flower or leaf to her work for comparison with the painted subject? Yoninah (talk) 21:36, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
  • Thank you. I prefer this to my original idea, but maybe we need to include (example pictured)? Also, is "genuine" necessary? Edwardx (talk) 21:47, 19 November 2013 (UTC)