Drake, Sarah Ann (1803 - 1857)

See also: A.M.Coates The Treasury of Flowers (1975); M.Rix The Art of the Plant World (1981); L.deBray The Art of Botanical Illustration (1989); W.Blunt & W.T.Stearn The Art of Botanical Illustration 2^nd edn (1994); J.Kramer Women of Flowers (1996); W.T.Stearn John Lindley (1999); H.Hewson Australia - 300 Years of Botanical Illustration (1999)

Some historical publications in which her illustrations appear:

Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants (1840), Sertum Orchidaceum (1837-1841), the Botanical Register, Ladies’ Botany, Transactions of the Horticultural Society (1835-1842) [2^nd Series vol.1. pl. 409, 411, 476, 520.  2^nd Series vol. 2. pl. 30, 71, 100, 120, 179, 220, 479, 522, attributed 508], Hooker’s fruits [folio of original drawings], James Bateman’s Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala (1837-1843)

Source: Helen Hewson pers com (2000), Annika Erikson Browne pers com Oct 2006.
Capell, R. (2017) 'Conserving Miss Drake's Orchid', The Orchadian, Vol 18, No.11, March 2017