Joseph Banks
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Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences.
Portrait of Joseph Banks by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1773
A 1757 portrait of Banks with a botanical illustration, unknown artist, but attributed to Lemuel Francis Abbott or Johann Zoffany
Satire on Banks titled "The Botanic Macaroni", by Matthew Darly, 1772: A macaroni was a pejorative term used for a follower of exaggerated continental fashion in the 18th century.
Portrait of Joseph Banks by Benjamin West, 1772
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
Joseph Banks
…1773. Banks sent the first Kew plant hunters around the world, including Francis Masson, Allan Cunningham and James Bowie. In March 1779, Banks married Dorothea Hugessen, daughter of W. W. Hugessen. His sister Sarah Sophia Banks lived in the house with Banks and his wife. He had as librarian and curator of his collections…
Lady Banks painted by John Russell
Spring Grove House, the residence of Sir Joseph and Lady Banks
Lady Banks rose