Sarah Price
Pioneered vibrant hand-colored mushroom illustrations
Sarah Price was born in Bitterly, Shropshire County, England, though the exact dates of both her birth and death are unknown. Historians assume she was educated at home. Price was one of the first people to document the mushrooms in the Shropshire region, one of England’s least populated areas. She created Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods: drawn from natural specimens, volumes one and two. They contain vibrant, hand-colored lithographs of one-hundred-thirty mushroom species. Price included fungal names along with where and when they grow. She published her work with the financial support of over two hundred subscribers, among whom was the director of the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew.
Artworks by this artist (20 total)
- Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Pl.04 1864-1865
- Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Pl.14 1864-1865
- Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Pl.17 1864-1865
- Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Pl.16 1864-1865
- Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Pl.01 1864-1865
- Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Pl.09 1864-1865
- Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Pl.12 1864-1865
- Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Pl.19 1864-1865
- Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Pl.03 1864-1865
- Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Pl.05 1864-1865
- Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Pl.10 1864-1865
- Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Pl.07 1864-1865
- Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Pl.15 1864-1865
- Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Pl.06 1864-1865
- Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Pl.20 1864-1865
- Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Pl.11 1864-1865
- Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Pl.13 1864-1865
- Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Pl.02 1864-1865
- Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Pl.18 1864-1865
- Illustrations of the fungi of our fields and woods Pl.08 1864-1865