Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 8549.25
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
Gender:
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa
Title: Buah Irons, Custard Apple, Durian B’landa-Soursop. Badly drawn
Taxon: Annona muricata Linnaeus, Annonaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
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Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]; B’landa=Belander=Dutch
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Accession Number: 8549.26
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa
Title: Manga Pow, a species of Mango
Taxon: Mangifera pentandra Hooker f., Anacardiaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
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Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.27
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa
Title: Tampoonin
Taxon: Artocarpus dadah MIquel, Moraceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
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Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.28
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa
Title:
Taxon: Artocarpus J. R. Forster and G. Forster, Moraceae (see notes field)
Description: spiny?/prickly red-fleshed tree fruit
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
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Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]; Artocarpus sp. determined by P. Cribb, RBG, Kew
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Accession Number: 8549.29
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa
Title: Bual Cindool
Taxon: Sandoricum koetjape (Burman f.) Merrill, Meliaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
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Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.30
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa
Title: Buah Sanimka, Water Melon
Taxon: Citrullus lanatus (Thunberg) Matsumura and Nakai, Cucurbitaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.31
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa
Title: Coffee
Taxon: Coffea arabica Linnaeus, Rubiaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.32
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa
Title: Buah Sookoon, Bread Fruit with Seeds
Taxon: Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg, Moraceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.33
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa
Title:
Taxon: Sapindaceae?
Description: clusters of fruits with a single large seed in each
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.34
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa
Title: Buah Pa[pa]ya, Fruit, Male, Tree, Blossom
Taxon: Carica papaya Linnaeus, Caricaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.35
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa
Title: Buah Jamboo Ball, a species of Guava
Taxon: Syzygium aqueum (Burman f.) Alston, Myrtaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.36
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: Buah Jamboo Ayah, a species of Rose Apple, but not Seedless
Taxon: Syzygium malaccense Merrill and L. M. Perry, Myrtaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.37
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: Female papaya tree
Taxon: Carica papaya Linnaeus, Caricaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.38
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa
Title: Manga Amplum, Mangoe
Taxon: Mangifera indica Linnaeus, Anacardiaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.39
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa
Title: Buah B‘limbing [Belimbing]
Taxon: Averrhoa bilimbi Linnaeus, Oxalidaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.40
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa
Title: Buah Cherrema, Cherry mella
Taxon: Phyllanthus acidus (Linnaeus) Skeels, Euphorbiaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.41
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: Kachang Taumak, Ground Nut plant
Taxon: Arachis hypogaea Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Description: peanut
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]; [Tanah=ground]
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Accession Number: 8549.42
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: Poko Assam, Tamarind
Taxon: Phyllanthus emblica Linnaeus, Euphorbiaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.43
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: Dookoo
Taxon: Lansium domesticum Corrêa, Meliaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?];
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Accession Number: 8549.44
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: Kodondong
Taxon: Rhodomyrtus tomentosa Wight, Myrtaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.45
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: Buah Jamboo Putie, White Guava
Taxon: Syzygium P. Browne ex Gaertner, Myrtaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]; Putie-Putih=white]
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Accession Number: 8549.46
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title:
Taxon:
Description: tan-orange ovoid fruits and clusters of white flowers
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.47
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: Buah Pateh [Petai]
Taxon: Parkia javanica Merrill, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.48
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: Buah Mangis, Mangosteen
Taxon: Garcinia mangostana Linnaeus, Clusiaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.49
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: Boonga Taratee, Lotus
Taxon: Nelumbium nuciferum? Gaertner, Nelumbonaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]; [Boonga=flower]
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