Beauty from Nature: art of the Scott Sisters

Beauty from Nature: art of the Scott Sisters

With their father’s encouragement, Harriet and Helena Scott became the most famous natural history illustrators working in Sydney in the last decades of the 19th century.

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The Exhibition

On display from the Archives for the first time in 100 years!

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Ash Island

The Scott family lived on Ash Island in the Hunter River for almost 20 years.

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Notebooks revealed

A selection of extracts from Harriet and Helena's notebooks.

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The Scott Family

Learn more about this pioneering family.

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Videos

Watch fascinating digital stories here.

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Archives and Collections

What Scott family papers are held in the Archives?

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Science makes art

Discover the specimens behind the paintings.