Dorothea Banks
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Dorothea Banks, Lady Banks was an English heiress and collector of ceramics. Her collection of ceramics, which she displayed in the dairy of her home at Spring Grove, is recorded in her Dairy Book. Li
Lady Banks painted by John Russell
Spring Grove House, the residence of Sir Joseph and Lady Banks
Lady Banks rose
Daniel Solander
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Daniel Carlsson Solander or Daniel Charles Solander was a Swedish naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.
Dorothea Banks
…She was a 'well-acred heiress' at the time of her marriage to scientist Sir Joseph Banks on 23 March 1779, and she was described by Banks' colleague Daniel Solander as 'rather handsome, very agreable, chatty & laughs a good deal.' Dorothea converted the dairy on their property at Spring Grove into an exhibition-house…
Painting by William Parry made after Captain Cook's second voyage (c. 1775–1776). This depicts Omai, a Tahitian, Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander (seated).
Solander's grave in Brookwood Cemetery
Solander, by John Flaxman Jr., c. 1778, Wedgwood jasperware
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