Drawn to Nature - Gilbert White and the Artists

Gilbert Whites Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne has inspired generations of artists, writers, and naturalists. Drawn to Nature by Simon Martin provides a beautiful insight into the continuing appeal and relevance of Whites message about the natural world.

Format: Hardback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 09 November 2021
Publisher: Pallant House Gallery Trust

Since its publication in 1789, Gilbert White's Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne has inspired generations of artists, writers, and naturalists. From Thomas Bewick to Eric Ravilious and Clare Leighton, many artists' depictions of animals, birds, and wildlife have illustrated White's celebrated book, together providing a microcosm of natural history illustration from the eighteenth century until today. In Drawn to Nature, Simon Martin has gathered joyful and beautiful images of the extraordinary array of wildlife described by White, providing an insight into the continuing appeal and relevance of the Natural History.

This fascinating account takes us from some of the earliest published depictions of birds and animals, to pioneering nature photography, the revival of wood-engraving in the 1920s and 30s, and responses to White's message about the natural world by contemporary illustrators such as Angie Lewin and Emily Sutton. The book also includes an introduction to the life of Gilbert White by Sir David Attenborough, an essay by Virginia Woolf, poems by modern and contemporary poets, and a jacket design by Mark Hearld.

Distributed for Pallant House Gallery

Weight: 654g
Dimension: 151 x 238 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781869827755