Henry Charles Andrews

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Henry Charles Andrews fl.(1794 - 1830), was an English botanist, botanical artist and engraver.

He lived in Knightsbridge and was married to the daughter of John Kennedy of Hammersmith, a nurseryman who assisted Andrews in the descriptions of the plants he illustrated.

He was an accomplished and unusual botanical artist, in that he was not only the artist, but also engraver, colourist, and publisher in an era when most artists were only employed to draw plates. The Botanist's Repository was his first publication, issued serially in London in ten volumes between 1797 and 1812 and provided affordable images of plants to the growing population of amateur gardeners in Britain. The accuracy of Andrews' publication drew comment in the Kew publication, Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Andrews' images have a more artistic appeal compared to the more scientific emphasis of rival publications. The standard author abbreviation Andrews is applied to species he described.

[edit] Publications

• Botanists Repository, Comprising Colour'd Engravings of New and Rare Plants (10 vols.) (London, 1797-1812)
• Coloured Engravings of Heaths 1794-1830 4 vols.
• The Heathery 1804-1812 6 vols.
• Geraniums or A Monograph of the Genus Geranium (London 1805-1806 2 vols.)
• Roses 1805-1828