Elizabeth Nodder was a 19th Century publisher of the illustrated ''The Naturalist's Miscellany''. However, she is listed in the database of Scientific Illustrators as an artist. She and her husband,

Frederick Polydore Nodder Frederick Polydore Nodder ( fl. 1770 – 1801) was an English illustrator, engraver and painter. Nodder illustrated George Shaw's periodical ''The Naturalist's Miscellany''. He also helped Joseph Banks prepare the '' Banks' Florilegium'' and c ...

collaborated in the publishing of this work, until his death circa 1800, when she continued to publish further volumes in the series, with

Richard Polydore Nodder Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...

(their son) as illustrator.Wikisource: Nodder, Frederick P. (DNB00)
Retrieved 14 March 2018.

George Kearsley Shaw George Kearsley Shaw (10 December 1751 – 22 July 1813) was an English botanist and zoologist. Life Shaw was born at Bierton, Buckinghamshire, and was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, receiving his M.A. in 1772. He took up the profession of ...

, the naturalist, authored the texts of the miscellany from 1798 to 1813. The title pages of Volumes 1-12 give

George Shaw George Shaw may refer to: * George Shaw (biologist) (1751–1813), English botanist and zoologist * George B. Shaw (1854–1894), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin * George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Irish playwright * George C. Shaw (1866–196 ...

and F.P. Nodder as authors. In vol 13 E.R. Nodder is listed after George Shaw. In vol 14, George Shaw is followed by E. & R. Nodder, while in the remaining volumes (15-24) (vols 13, 14) E. Nodder is listed together with George Shaw (vols 15–24). The Biodiversity heritage library lists her as publisher in their metadata, and this is the view of Dickinson, and is borne out be the evidence of the plates. Trochilus minimus naturalistsmisc12Geor 0270

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Her contribution to

and Frederick Nodder ''Vivarium naturae or The Naturalist's Miscellany'', in addition to publication after her husband's death, was proposed by evidence of signatures on the wrappers of some volumes. A revision of her attribution to any artwork found little evidence to support the theory, and no signatures at the printing plates, and any involvement in preparation of the illustrations remains uncertain.PDF
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