Georgina Bowers

Georgina Harriett Bowers (1836–1912)  ƙwararriyar mai zane-zanen barkwanci ce ta Victoria, kuma ɗaya daga cikin mata na farko da aka amince da su a matsayin masu barkwanci. Tun tana ƙarama tana da alaƙa ta musamman da dabbobi, kuma daga baya a rayuwa zane-zanen dawaki da karnuka na gaske sun zama ruwan dare a cikin zane-zanenta. An san Bowers da aikinta a matsayin mai zane-zane ga Punch, kodayake ta buga da yawa daga cikin wasannin barkwancinta.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Georgina Bowers a shekara ta 1836 a Landan, Ingila, inda mahaifinta, George Bowers, shine shugaban cocin St Paul's, Covent Garden, daga baya kuma ya zama shugaban cocin Manchester . [1] [2] Mahaifiyarta ta mutu kafin Bowers ya san ta.

Tun tana ƙarama, Bowers tana son rayuwar ƙauye da dabbobi, waɗanda suka zama abubuwan da suka zama ruwan dare a cikin aikinta na baya. Tun tana ƙarama ta fara sha'awar zana karnuka da dawaki, kodayake uwargidanta ta hana hakan, ta dage cewa sai ta mai da hankali kan aikin allura da karatu.  Duk da haka, wannan ya zama ba shi da amfani, kuma Bowers ta ƙare tana zana mafi yawan lokacin hutunta, wanda take da shi da yawa. Tana da shekaru 15 an tura ta zuwa Derbyshire, inda aka koya mata darussan sirri kamar kiɗa, zane, da Jamusanci.  Duk da cewa an koya mata zane, amma ta sake hana ta zana dabbobi. Madadin haka, malaminta ya ba ta shawara ne kawai kan zana zane mai launin ruwa, wanda aka ga ya fi dacewa da matashiya kamar ita. 

 Sana'a 
Bayan fitowarta, inda aka gabatar da ita a hukumance a matsayin mace a cikin al'umma da ke shirin yin aure, Bowers ta yanke shawarar fara karatu a Makarantar Fasaha ta Manchester . Wannan ba sabon abu ba ne ga mace a matsayinta, kuma ta sadaukar da mafi yawan lokacinta a kai.

Daga baya ta zama mai zane a Punch, tana aiki tare da masu fasaha kamar Mark Lemon, Shirley Brooks, da John Leech .  Bayan Leech ta mutu a 1864, duk da haka, ta ƙaura zuwa Hertfordshire don yin aiki da kuma kasancewa kusa da ƙauye kuma ta shiga cikin nazarin wasanni da yawa, da kuma nazarin fasaha na dawaki da karnuka yayin farauta.  Bowers ta taɓa cewa yawancin barkwancin da ke cikin littattafanta sun samo asali ne daga abubuwan da suka faru yayin farauta. 

A shekarar 1876, Bowers ta tsara kusan dukkan abubuwan farautar Punch, kuma ta shafe kwanaki tare da karnukanta ko kuma a kan doki, tana ajiye littafin zane a cikin jakar sirdi a kowane lokaci domin ta iya zana dabbobin da kyawawan wurare a kusa da ita.  Bowers ta yi aiki a Punch daga 1866 zuwa 1876 kuma ta baje kolin tare da Ƙungiyar Mawakan Mata a 1862.  Tsakanin 1862 da 1889 ta zana wasu littattafan wasanni da na yanayi, ciki har da "Canters in Crampshire", kusan 1880, "Mr Crop's Harriers" daga kusan 1880, da "Tales for Sportsmen" a 1883.   Sauran ayyukan da Bowers ya zana a shekarun 1880 sun haɗa da "Wata a Midlands", "Notes From a Hunting Box" da "Across Country". 

Bowers ya auri Henry Edwards, likitan dabbobi daga St Albans, Hertfordshire, inda ma'auratan suka zauna.  Bowers ya mutu a Hertfordshire a shekarar 1912.