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Some of my favorite published artist's journals and diaries
Illustrated nature journals and diaries
Of course, any and all of Hannah Hinchman's and Ann Zwinger's books, along with Clare Walker Leslie's, would have to be on the list!
One Man’s Island; A Naturalist’s View, by Keith Brockie: HarperCollins 1984 (This one’s just gorgeous, wish I could find it!)
Island, Diary of a Year on Easdale, by Garth and Vicky Waite, Purnell & Sons Ltd., 1985 (even the copyright info is hand printed!)
Snowdon Shepherd: Four Seasons on the Hill Farms of North Wales by Keith Bowen (Also gorgeous...)
Muriel Foster’s Fishing Diary; (c) Patricia King; A Studio Book, Viking Press, NY 1980 (Much fun!)
Jemima; The Paintings and Memories of a Victorian Lady; ed. by Rob Fairley; Trafalgar Square Publishing, 1988
Janet Marsh’s Nature Diary; by Janet Marsh, William Morrow and Co., Inc., 1979
The Illustrated Natural History of Selborne, by Gilbert White (first published in 1799), St. Martin’s Press, 1981
A Sketchbook of Birds, Charles Tunnicliffe; Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979
A Scottish Naturalist; The Sketches and Notes of Charles St. John 1809-1856, Andre Deutsch, Ltd., 1982
Sophie du Pont; a Young Lady in America–Sketches, Diaries, & Letters, 1828-1833; Harry N. Abrams Co., 1987
America 1585; The Complete Drawings of John White by Paul Hulton, U. of North Carolina Press, 1984 (what a time capsule!)
Catesby's Birds of Colonial America; Alan Feduccia editor; U. of North Carolina Press; 1985 (Mark Catesby’s paintings and diary)
A Victorian Flora, Selected from the unpublished flora of Caroline May, Richard Mabey ed.; Overlook Press, 1991
The Frampton Flora, Richard Mabey, ed., Prentice Hall Press, 1985 (botanical paintings discovered in an attic in Frampton Court, England, in 1982)
British Birds from Nature; by Frances Mary Isabella Smith, Salem House, 1985. Fanny Smith’s paintings preserved in the Tresco Abbey in the Scilly Islands for over a century
Beatrix Potter’s Art, selected and introduced by Anne Stevenson Hobbs; The Penguin Group, 1989. Potter as so much more than a children’s illustrator! Naturalist, artist, and amazing woman.
In Black Stork Country; Sketches and Aquarelles by Alan Johnston; an artist’s African sketchbook.
To Stalk the Oomingmak; An Artist’s Arctic Journal, Chris Czajkowski, Aquarelle Press, 1989
Of course, any and all of Hannah Hinchman's and Ann Zwinger's books, along with Clare Walker Leslie's, would have to be on the list!
One Man’s Island; A Naturalist’s View, by Keith Brockie: HarperCollins 1984 (This one’s just gorgeous, wish I could find it!)
Island, Diary of a Year on Easdale, by Garth and Vicky Waite, Purnell & Sons Ltd., 1985 (even the copyright info is hand printed!)
Snowdon Shepherd: Four Seasons on the Hill Farms of North Wales by Keith Bowen (Also gorgeous...)
Muriel Foster’s Fishing Diary; (c) Patricia King; A Studio Book, Viking Press, NY 1980 (Much fun!)
Jemima; The Paintings and Memories of a Victorian Lady; ed. by Rob Fairley; Trafalgar Square Publishing, 1988
Janet Marsh’s Nature Diary; by Janet Marsh, William Morrow and Co., Inc., 1979
The Illustrated Natural History of Selborne, by Gilbert White (first published in 1799), St. Martin’s Press, 1981
A Sketchbook of Birds, Charles Tunnicliffe; Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979
A Scottish Naturalist; The Sketches and Notes of Charles St. John 1809-1856, Andre Deutsch, Ltd., 1982
Sophie du Pont; a Young Lady in America–Sketches, Diaries, & Letters, 1828-1833; Harry N. Abrams Co., 1987
America 1585; The Complete Drawings of John White by Paul Hulton, U. of North Carolina Press, 1984 (what a time capsule!)
Catesby's Birds of Colonial America; Alan Feduccia editor; U. of North Carolina Press; 1985 (Mark Catesby’s paintings and diary)
A Victorian Flora, Selected from the unpublished flora of Caroline May, Richard Mabey ed.; Overlook Press, 1991
The Frampton Flora, Richard Mabey, ed., Prentice Hall Press, 1985 (botanical paintings discovered in an attic in Frampton Court, England, in 1982)
British Birds from Nature; by Frances Mary Isabella Smith, Salem House, 1985. Fanny Smith’s paintings preserved in the Tresco Abbey in the Scilly Islands for over a century
Beatrix Potter’s Art, selected and introduced by Anne Stevenson Hobbs; The Penguin Group, 1989. Potter as so much more than a children’s illustrator! Naturalist, artist, and amazing woman.
In Black Stork Country; Sketches and Aquarelles by Alan Johnston; an artist’s African sketchbook.
To Stalk the Oomingmak; An Artist’s Arctic Journal, Chris Czajkowski, Aquarelle Press, 1989