Augusta Innes Withers

Augusta Innes Withers was a British illustrator and librarian (1793–1877). She was born at Gloucestershire and died at London.

Also recorded as Augusta Joanna Elizabeth Innes Withers; Augusta Baker; Mrs. Augusta Innes Withers; Mrs. Withers; Augusta Innes Baker; Augusta Hanna Elizabeth Innes Withers.

Augusta Innes Withers in brief

Born
1793
Died
1877
Known for
illustrator and librarian
Place of birth
Gloucestershire
Contents

Identity and origins

Augusta Innes Withers was recorded at birth as Augusta Baker. The authorities additionally record the headings Augusta Joanna Elizabeth Innes Withers, Augusta Baker, Mrs. Augusta Innes Withers, Mrs. Withers and Augusta Innes Baker. Her recorded language was English.

Career and activity

She was employed by John Lindley and Royal Horticultural Society. Recorded position is court painter. She worked at London.

Work and production

One work is recorded as notable: The Pomological magazine; or, Figures and descriptions of the most important varieties of fruit cultivated in Great Britain.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Withers, Augusta Hanna Elizabeth Innes, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Withers [née Baker], Augusta Joanna Elizabeth Innes (bap. 1793, d. 1876), botanical artist, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2009. Withers, Augusta Innes (née Baker: 1792–1877), The Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Scientists, 2004. Charles W J Withers, <i>Urban Highlanders: Highland-Lowland Migration and Urban Gaelic Culture, 1700-1900</i>. Tuckwell Press, East Linton, 1998. £20 paperback., The Innes Review, 2000.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 8 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is English.

Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Employment is recorded with John Lindley and Royal Horticultural Society. Positions recorded include court painter.

Works named in the authority record are The Pomological magazine; or, Figures and descriptions of the most important varieties of fruit cultivated in Great Britain.

Distinctions recorded are Flower Painter in Ordinary.

Chronology

  1. 1793Augusta Innes Withers born at Gloucestershire.
  2. 1828The Pomological magazine; or, Figures and descriptions of the most important varieties of fruit cultivated in Great Britain.
  3. 1837The Orchidaceæ of Mexico & Guatemala / by Jas Bateman, esqre ... (Wellcome Collection).
  4. 1877Augusta Innes Withers died at London.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Charles W J Withers, <i>Urban Highlanders: Highland-Lowland Migration and Urban Gaelic Culture, 1700-1900</i>. Tuckwell Press, East Linton, 1998. £20 paperback., The Innes Review, 2000

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Withers [née Baker], Augusta Joanna Elizabeth Innes (bap. 1793, d. 1876), botanical artist, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2009

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Withers, Augusta Hanna Elizabeth Innes, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Withers, Augusta Innes (née Baker: 1792–1877), The Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Scientists, 2004

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Augusta Innes Withers.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  6. 6.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2870951: Augusta Innes Withers

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  7. 7.

    “Augusta Innes Withers”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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