Rhona Brown
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Rhona Brown is a South Africa
n botanical artist and housewife.
She was educated at University of Natal
in Pietermaritzburg
and UNISA graduating with a B.A.
(Hons.) in Fine Arts and with a National Art Teachers Certificate. She worked at the Botanical Research Institute in Pretoria
for two spells - 1944-46 and 1965-69 and taught sporadically for eight years. She completed some 100 plates for the Flowering Plants of Africa and black-and-white illustrations for Bothalia and Flora of Southern Africa. She provided about half of all illustrations for Palmer & Pitman's Trees of Southern Africa and all the illustrations for Eve Palmer's Field Guide to the Trees of Southern Africa.
She married Comdt. H.T. Collett on 2 March 1946.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n botanical artist and housewife.
She was educated at University of Natal
University of Natal
The University of Natal was a university in Natal, and later KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, that is now part of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. It was founded in 1910 as the Natal University College in Pietermaritzburg, and expanded to include a campus in Durban in 1931. In 1947, the university...
in Pietermaritzburg
Pietermaritzburg
Pietermaritzburg is the capital and second largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838, and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its "purist" Zulu name is umGungundlovu, and this is the name used for the district municipality...
and UNISA graduating with a B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
(Hons.) in Fine Arts and with a National Art Teachers Certificate. She worked at the Botanical Research Institute in Pretoria
Pretoria
Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
for two spells - 1944-46 and 1965-69 and taught sporadically for eight years. She completed some 100 plates for the Flowering Plants of Africa and black-and-white illustrations for Bothalia and Flora of Southern Africa. She provided about half of all illustrations for Palmer & Pitman's Trees of Southern Africa and all the illustrations for Eve Palmer's Field Guide to the Trees of Southern Africa.
She married Comdt. H.T. Collett on 2 March 1946.
Publications
- 1972 Trees of Southern Africa by Eve Palmer & Norah Pitman, illustrated By Rhona Collett (3 vols.) ISBN 0869610333
- 1977 A Field Guide to the Trees of Southern Africaby Eve Palmer, illustrated By Rhona Collett (William Collins & Sons Ltd.) ISBN 0002193396
- Calligraphy Teachers Manual - Rhona Collett et al.