Lilian Marguerite Medland (29 May 1880 – 16 December 1955)[1] was an English-born nurse and Australian illustrator of books on birds. She produced paintings to illustrate Gregory Mathews' books on Australian birds. She also illustrated the plates for her husband Tom Iredale's books Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds (1950) and Birds of New Guinea (1956).
Lilian Marguerite Medland | |
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| Born | Lilian Marguerite Medland 29 May 1880 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 16 December 1955 (aged 75) Queenscliffe, Australia |
| Known for | Illustrator |
| Spouse |
Tom Iredale (m. 1923) |
Biography
editLilian Marguerite Medland was born on 29 May 1880 in London, England.[1][2] She trained as a nurse at Guy's Hospital in London.[1] In her late twenties, Medland became almost completely deaf as a result of an attack of diphtheria.[1]
Medland moved to Sydney, Australia in 1923, the same year she married Tom Iredale.[3]
Lilian Medland's mother was Ada Emmeline Cranstone, niece of Lefevre James Cranstone. Ada Emmeline was a pupil at the school run by Lefevre James' wife, Lillia Messenger, in Hemel Hempstead, where Lefevre James taught art.
Career
editIn 1925 Medland painted a series bird for the Australian Museum. The series of thirty species of birds was published as postcards.[1][3]
She illustrated a variety of books and articles, including plates for her husband's books.[1]
Works
edit- The Birds Of The British Isles Volumes I – V (London, 1906)
- Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds (Melbourne, 1950)
- Birds of New Guinea (Melbourne, 1956)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Kloot, Tess. "Medland, Lilian Marguerite (1880–1955)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography at the Australian National University. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre. "Medland, Lilian Marguerite - Biographical entry". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ a b Walker, Prue. "Lilian Medland". Australian Museum. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- Robin, Libby. (2001). The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001. Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84987-3