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Parsons (illustrator), Alfred
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Alfred Parsons (December 2, 1847 Laverton, Somerset - January 16, 1920), English artist and garden designer, illustrated "The Genus Rosa" by Ellen Willmott.
[From Rose Letter, May 2018, pp. 2ff.:] Born in 1847 to a doctor father who painted flowers and was a close friend of William Robinson, the horticulturist and author....In 1871 he began to exhibit at the Royal Academy but was not elected a full member until 1911. From 1868 to 1893, he took part in 201 major exhibitions in London, showing landscapes, gardens, and flowers in his two chosen media. ....In 1887 Parsons met Miss Ellen Willmott. Shortly thereafter he accepted her commission to illustrate with watercolors her forthcoming book The Genus Rosa. He began the work in 1890....ta, R. bracteata, R. banksiae lutea, and several varieties of Albas. In 1905 Alfred Parsons fulfilled his commission, now 132 watercolors, to illustrate most of the roses in The Genus Rosa....At the age of 72, he died on January16, 1920.
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