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Scottish painter ( – )

Jemima Wedderburn Blackburn (1 May – 9 August ) was a Scottish painter whose work illustrated rural life in 19th-century Scotland.

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One of the most popular illustrators in Victorian Britain, she illustrated 27 books. Her greatest ornithological achievement was the second edition of her Birds from Nature (). Most of the illustrations were watercolours, with early paintings often including some ink work.

A few were collages in which she cut out a bird's outline and transferred it to a different background, in a similar manner to John James Audubon.

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Her many watercolours showed daily family life in the late 19th-century Scottish Highlands as well as fantasy scenes from children's fables. She achieved widespread recognition under the initials JB or her married name Mrs. Hugh Blackburn.

Early life and family connections

Blackburn was born at 31 Heriot Row in Edinburgh.^[1] She was the youngest child of James Wedderburn, Solicit