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'''Dorothy Barclay''' (1892 [[Cape Town]] - 1940 Cape Town) was a South African botanical illustrator, and the niece of [[Ethel May Dixie]].
'''Dorothy Barclay''' (1892 [[Cape Town]] - 1940 Cape Town) was a South African botanical illustrator, and the niece of [[Ethel May Dixie]].



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Dorothy Barclay (1892 Cape Town - 1940 Cape Town) was a South African botanical illustrator, and the niece of Ethel May Dixie.

The Wild Flower Protection Society had been started by the Mountain Club of South Africa in 1912 and had published 'Nature Notes', edited by Louisa Bolus and illustrated by Dorothy Barclay.[1]

Works illustrated

  • 'Springbok Rympies en Stories' - Willem Versfeld - Townshend, Taylor & Snashall, Cape Town (1911) - Afrikaans translations of Mother Goose rhymes [2][3]
  • 'A Book of South African Flowers' - Barclay, Bolus and Steer - Juta & Co., Cape Town (1925)
  • 'A Guide to the Flora of the Cape Peninsula' - Margaret Levyns (1929) [4]
  • 'A Second Book of South African Flowers' - Barclay, Bolus and Steer - Juta & Co., Cape Town (1936)

References

  1. ^ http://www.botanicalsociety.org.za/Quick%20Downloads/BotSoc%20Highlights%20of%20the%20Century.pdf
  2. ^ AntiquarianAuctions.com. "Springbok Rympies En Stories - Auction #16 - AntiquarianAuctions.com". antiquarianauctions.com.
  3. ^ http://www.s2a3.org.za/bio/Biograph_final.php?serial=2983
  4. ^ "MARGARET LEVYNS: THE MAKING OF A SOUTH AFRICAN BOTANIST". 20 July 2014.