reveals the history,

science and beauty of

botanical painting, and

celebrates the inaugural

exhibition of the Shirley

Sherwood Gallery of

Botanical Art at Kew.Treasures of Botanical Art

reveals the history,

science and beauty of

botanical painting, and

celebrates the inaugural

exhibition of the Shirley

Sherwood Gallery of

Botanical Art at Kew.

Extensively illustrated and

elegantly designed, it

features some 200

paintings and drawings from both the Kew and

Shirley Sherwood collections which reflect the

richness of botanical art as a whole. The book

provides an overview of the most significant artists

from the 1600s through to the present day and

demonstrates the fundamental importance of art to science.