A Victorian Painter for the 21st Century. This lavishly-illustrated book re-assesses the work of the 19th century botanical painter Marianne North (1830-1890) and the purpose-built gallery that houses her paintings at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Lynne Howarth-Gladston, re-examines North’s working methods, which extend beyond those of conventional botanical illustration, in addition to her use of photography. The book situates North both as an unconventional botanical painter and as a progressive artist who melded differing stylistic approaches, techniques and media from both scientific and aesthetic perspectives. The study presents North as a progressive, multi-faceted individual who was rooted in the complex circumstances of her own time. Yet it also reveals how her legacy continues to resonate with the concerns of the present day, such as contemporary intersections between art and science, artistic uses of multi-media, feminism, and climate change.