Lena Lowis | |
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Born | Selina Caroline Shakespear 3 November 1845 India |
Died | 18 November 1919 London, England | (aged 74)
Nationality | British |
Known for | botanical paintings |
Spouse | Ninian Lowis |
Children | 5 |
Lena Lowis (born Selina Caroline Shakespear; 3 November 1845, in India – 18 November 1919, in London) was an Indian-born writer, scientific and botanical illustrator, noted for her 1878 publication Familiar Indian Flowers[1][2][3] which was advertised in The Times (London) in April 1881 as "with 30 coloured plates, 31s. 6d."[4]
Lena Lowis was the daughter of Sir Richmond Campbell Shakespear (1812–1861), an Indian-born British Indian Army officer, who had married Marian Sophia Thompson at Agra, India on 5 March 1844. Their children were
She was married to Lt.-Col. Ninian Lowis (1838–1914), son of John Lowis, on 30 July 1868 at Horsley, Gloucestershire and they had a family consisting of