page_title: Edward Minchen
hierarchical_section_title: Edward Minchen
caption_attribution_description: Blandfordia grandiflora (Large Christmas Bells) From: The Flowering Plants and Ferns of New South Wales - Part 5 (1896) by J H Maiden. NSW Government Printing Office.
context_page_description: Edward William Minchen/Minchin was an Australian botanical artist.
  Minchen was born in Middle Swan, Perth, Western Australia, the son of James Minchen and Elizabeth Fisher, and had a fairly checkered career pursuing jobs at sea, trades, an attempt at the stage and the National Art Gallery. He ended up working as a lithographer in New South Wales for the Lands Department, the Survey Office and the Government Printer. He often collaborated with Henry Baron, a lithographic artist who joined the Government Printer in 1891.
context_section_description: Edward William Minchen/Minchin (25 June 1852 – 1913) was an Australian botanical artist.
  Minchen was born in Middle Swan, Perth, Western Australia, the son of James Minchen and Elizabeth Fisher, and had a fairly checkered career pursuing jobs at sea, trades, an attempt at the stage and the National Art Gallery. He ended up working as a lithographer in New South Wales for the Lands Department, the Survey Office and the Government Printer. He often collaborated with Henry Baron (1863-?), a lithographic artist who joined the Government Printer in 1891.
caption: Blandfordia grandiflora
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