Margaret Roscoe

Margaret Roscoe, née Lace, was an English botanical illustrator and writer active in the early 1800s. She is best known for combining careful plant description with richly colored illustrations, making botany feel both elegant and approachable.

Her best-known work is Floral Illustrations of the Seasons, and she also contributed illustrations to Monandrian Plants of the Order Scitamineae, a botanical work by her father-in-law, William Roscoe. Her writing and artwork reflect the period's growing interest in gardening, natural history, and the education of women through close study of the natural world.

Roscoe was part of the notable Roscoe family of Liverpool and was the mother of Margaret Sandbach. No clear portrait image of her was confirmed from the sources reviewed, so a profile image is not included here.