Elizabeth Twining
British painter, author, botanical illustrator, workhouse reformer and founder of Bedford College, London (1805-1889) · Artists · Died at 84
Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889) was an English painter, author, and botanical illustrator. She is best known for her detailed botanical illustrations, especially the two-volume Illustrations of the Natural Order of Plants, which was published between 1849 and 1855.
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She was an heiress of the Twinings family of tea merchants and was a philanthropist.