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EnglishAACR2Anglo-American Cataloguing RulesPersoncreatedhumanHelen Cohnupdated2025-03-18humanhttps://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005591b.htmpersonDellEdgarAACR228 November 190118 April 2008Place of BirthEnglandPlace of DeathAdelaide, South Australia, AustraliaBotanical artistEdgar Dell is known for his accurate gouache paintings of the native flora of Western Australia. A skilled draftsman, he moved to Western Australia in 1927, initially working in orchards and on farms. In the early 1930s he was commissioned to produce a series of plates of Western Australian wildflowers. Of these, 135 were published in the Western Mail between 1933 and 1935 and then in book form in 1935. Charles Gardner's West Australian wildflowers, which was published in seven editions (1936-1951), included over 90 of Dell's paintings. A further 39 of Dell's paintings, designed as aids to identification, were included in Gardner's Poison plants of Western Australia (1937).19271927Life event - Migrated to Western Australia
Gardner, Charles Austin (1896 - 1970)
Dell's botanical illustrations were published in Gardner's books
Dell, John
Edgar was John's father
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Dell, Edgar (19011128-20080418)
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'Dell, Edgar', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of TechnologyDell, EdgarSwinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative InnovationEncyclopedia of Australian Science and InnovationJournal Article: Edgar Dell November 28th 1901 - April 18th 2008Keighery, GregEdgar Dell November 28th 1901 - April 18th 20082008Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter13511-13Book: Poison plants of south-western AustraliaDell, Edgar; descriptions by C. A. GardnerPoison plants of south-western AustraliaPerthWest Australian Newspapers1937Book: West Australian wildflowersGardner, C. A.; illustrated by Edgar DellWest Australian wildflowers3rdPerthWest Australian Newspapers1941Journal Article: Edgar Dell: a singular talentMansfield, CarolEdgar Dell: a singular talent1998Australian garden history966-8Book: Wildflowers in art : artists impressions of Western Australian wildflowers 1699-1991Gooding, JandaWildflowers in art : artists impressions of Western Australian wildflowers 1699-1991Perth, WAArt Gallery of Western Australia1991Journal Article: Edgar Dell, Born 28 November 1901, Died: 18 April 2008Dell, John and Dell, BernardEdgar Dell, Born 28 November 1901, Died: 18 April 20082010Western Australian Naturalist273184-91