{"title":"Fitch, Walter Hood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWalter Hood Fitch (1817-1892)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a botanical illustrator, born in Glasgow, Scotland, who executed some 10,000 drawings for various publications. His work in colour lithograph, including 2700 illustrations for Curtis's Botanical Magazine, produced up to 200 plates per year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFitch was involved in fabric printing from the age of 17 and took to botanical art after meeting William Jackson Hooker, Regius Professor of Botany, a competent botanical illustrator, and the editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Fitch's first lithograph of Mimulus Roseus appeared in the Botanical Magazine in 1834, and he soon became its sole artist. In 1841 W.J. Hooker became director of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Fitch moved to London. After 1841 Fitch was the sole artist for all official and unofficial publications issued by Kew; his work was paid for by Hooker personally. It was not unusual for him to work on several different publications simultaneously; he could draw directly onto the lithographic stone to save time. These chromolithographs were based on botanical illustrations provided by Hooker and others, and produced some of his most spectacular results.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFitch's important works include his illustrations for William Hooker's 'A Century of Orchidaceous Plants' (1849), and for James Bateman's 'A Monograph of Odontoglossum' (1864-74). He also created around 500 plates for Hooker's 'Icones Plantarum' (1836-76) and four lithographic plates for the monograph Victoria Regia. The latter work received critical acclaim in the Athenaeum, \"they are accurate, and they are beautiful\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther works were for George Bentham's Handbook of the British Flora (1858, later editions edited by Joseph Dalton Hooker). When J.D. Hooker returned from his travels in India, Fitch prepared lithographs from Hooker's sketches for his Rhododendrons of Sikkim Himalaya (1849-51) and, from the drawings of Indian artists, for his Illustrations of Himalayan Plants (1855). He also produced the illustrations presented in the younger Hooker's The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, consisting of six volumes covering the flora of the Antarctic, New Zealand, Tasmania, and outlying islands collected on the Ross expedition of 1839 to 1843.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA dispute over pay with J.D. Hooker ended Fitch's service to both the Botanical Magazine and Kew in 1877. He was much sought after and remained active as a botanical artist until 1888. Works during this period included Henry John Elwes's Monograph of the Genus Lilium (1877-80). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe died in 1892 and is buried in Richmond Old Cemetery together with his wife Hannah (d.1929).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis nephew, John Nugent Fitch (1840-1927), also produced illustrations for Curtis's Botanical Magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"description-of-victoria-regia-1847-walter-hood-fitch-1817-1892-4-images","title":"Description of Victoria Regia 1847 - Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) - 4 images","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe giant waterlily (\u003c\/span\u003eVictoria Amazonica\u003cspan\u003e) is the largest of the waterlilies and the national flower of Guyana. On its classification by John Lindley in 1837, the plant was originally named \u003c\/span\u003eVictoria Regia\u003cspan\u003e in honour of Queen Victoria, who had recently ascended to the throne. 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