About the artist
Her extensive collection of watercolour paintings and drawings featuring 19th-century plants is housed in the Lindley Library of the Royal Horticultural Society. She benefited from the nearby botanical gardens until their closure in 1852. In 1854, she died at the age of 69 and was buried in Colchester. Her will included valuable possessions and three albums of flower drawings, which were later sold to the Royal Horticultural Society. Applebee's work gained recognition after the introduction of mass colour printing.
Applebee enjoyed the friendship of Charles Lamb, who dedicated an acrostic poem to her.
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