Title

Forest flora of South Australia.

Author

Barrett, Harcourt.

Details

Advertiser (Adelaide), 23 April 1900, page 4.

Publication date

23 April 1900

Type

News

Language

English

Country of context

Australia

Full text

"THE FOREST FLORA OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA."
Mr. H. W. Barrett writes to us as follows:—"In your issue, of April 21, under the heading of 'A valuable gift,' there appears a paragraph in which the name of Miss Fiveash figures somewhat conspicuously with regard to the production of the illustrations to the late John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia,' my share in that work being totally ignored. I therefore ask you, in justice to myself, to allow me to explain the true state of the case. The entire work, as issued from the Government Printing Office, consisted of nine parts, each part containing five plates, making a total of 45 plates. Of these 45 plates Miss Fiveash only supplied 32 drawings in watercolor of the centre or main branch only. Miss Camilla Hammond sketched the Banksia Ornata, and Mrs. Smart sketched the native cherry, and it was from these sketches, that file drawings upon stone were made. The remaining eleven plates and title page, together with all the additional work, consisting of the various woods, barks, seed vessels, botanical sections, and various details of the flowers, were drawn direct upon the stones from photos and natural specimens wholly and solely by me during the time I held the position of chief lithographer at the Government Printing Office. And further, I may state that not only did I make the drawings, which consisted of 45 outlines and 400 color-stones, but was held responsible by Mr. Brown for their proper reproduction in all their natural colors, a matter in which he was very particular. Reference to your files would prove that you were among the first to recognise my share in that work, and have from, time to time been pleased to comment favorably thereon. Should any doubt arise as to the accuracy of the above I am in a position to prove the truth of the same, as I possess all Mr. Brown's letters to me with regard to the work."

[Advertiser, 23 April 1900, page 4.].

Web address

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36953947

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