Английская Википедия:Catherine Gage

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Catherine Gage (18 May 1815 – 16 February 1892) was an Irish botanist, botanical and ornithological illustrator.[1][2]

Life

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Gage's home, Manor House, Rathlin Island

Catherine Gage was born in County Down on 18 May 1815,[3] the daughter of Rev. Robert Gage and Catherine Boyd.[4] Gage lived her entire life in the family home, Manor House on Rathlin Island.[5] Gage died 16 February 1892 and was buried on Rathlin Island.[6]

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Plate from The Birds of Rathlin

Illustration work

Gage seems to have devoted a large portion of her life to illustrating a book by her brother Robert Gage on the birds of Rathlin Island that was never published.[7] The book was styled on that of John James Audubon's The Birds of America.[7] During the course of this work she produced over five hundred watercolours of birds.[1] She also illustrated local plants, creating a list for the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, the abstract for which was published in the 1850 Annals and Magazine of Natural History.[6] She also worked with her sister, Barbara Gage (1817–1859), illustrating the local flora as well as the fauna.[8]

When the folio of bird illustrations was auctioned in 2010, they were sold for €13,500.[9]

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