Marquand, Eleanor Cross, 1873-1950

Eleanor Cross Marquand (1873-1950) is most noted for her research on the botanical symbolism of the Unicorn Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She was granted an honorary M.A. by Princeton in 1948. Cross Marquand was a student of horticulture and botany. She contributed to the Garden Club of America Bulletin and the Journal of the New York Botanical Garden. She was born in New York in 1873 and died in Princeton, N.J. in 1950. She bequeathed her botanical and horticultural library to the New York Botanical Garden.

From the description of Eleanor Cross Marquand papers 1905-1934. (New York Botanical Garden). WorldCat record id: 44410238

Authority on the representation and symbolism of trees and flowers in art.

From the description of Papers, [ca. 1905-1934] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155462395