Lady Sarah Elizabeth Hay-Williams (née Amherst; 9 July 1801 – 8 August 1876) was an English artist and botanical illustrator.[1][2] She was born on 9 July 1801 to Sarah Amherst and William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst.[3] She travelled with her parents to India and while there completed several watercolour paintings now held in the collection of the British Library.[4][5][6] She later married Sir John Hay-Williams in 1842. In 1846 Hay-Williams contributed a watercolour to Edwards's Botanical Register.[7] After returning to the United Kingdom she had two children including Margaret Verney.[8] She died in 1876 at Chateau Rhianfa in Anglesey on 8 August 1876.[7]
Sarah Elizabeth Hay-Williams | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lady Sarah Elizabeth Amherst 9 July 1801 |
| Died | 8 August 1876 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | watercolour painting |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2, including Margaret |
| Parent(s) | William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst Sarah Archer |
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The leguminous tree Amherstia nobilis is named by Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich in honor of her and her mother Sarah Amherst.[9]
References
edit- ^ Herbert, Eugenia W. (2011). Flora's Empire: British Gardens in India. Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 77. ISBN 9780812243260.
- ^ "AMHERST, Lady SARAH ELIZABETH". British Library Archives and Manuscripts Collection. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ "Sarah Elizabeth Amherst". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ Losty, Jeremiah P. (1990). Calcutta: city of palaces : a survey of the city in the days of the East India Company, 1690-1858. London: British Library. pp. 96–98.
- ^ "The Buland Darwaza of the Jami Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra (U.P.). 1829, from a sketch made in 1827". British Library. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ "East wing of Government House, Calcutta". British Library. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ a b Lindley, John (1846). "Trichosanthes colubrina". Edwards's Botanical Register. 32: 18 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Sarah Elizabeth Williams". Geni. 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ Wallich, Nathaniel (1830). Plantae Asiaticae rariores. Vol. 1. London: Treuttel and Würtz. p. 1.
External links
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- "Lady Sarah Elizabeth Amherst". Watercolour World.