Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute

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Accession Number: 0411
Artist Name: Pope, Clara Maria
Life Span: (1768–1838)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Description: moss roses in Chinese vase
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 58.7 x 43.4
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Published: Curtis, S. 1832. Arrangement of Moss Roses. Essex: the author.
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Accession Number: 0412
Artist Name: Avinoff, Andrey
Life Span: (1884-1949)
Nationality: Russia and United States
Gender: Male
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Laeliocattleya Rolfe, Orchidaceae

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Medium: watercolor
Support: illustration board
Dimensions (cm): 54 x 38.5
Image Size: 41 x 29.5
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HIBD Exhibitions: Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International] (1964)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H.M., comp. 1964. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International]. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library.
Accession Number: 0413
Artist Name: Avinoff, Andrey
Life Span: (1884-1949)
Nationality: Russia and United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Rosa sp.
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Rosa Linnaeus, Rosaceae

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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 22
Image Size: 22.5 x 16
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Signature: A. Avinoff (b.r.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: The Mysterious Nature of Fungi, 2015
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Accession Number: 0414
Artist Name: Avinoff, Andrey
Life Span: (1884-1949)
Nationality: Russia and United States
Gender: Male
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Title: [Rosa borboniana (Bourbon Rose)]
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Rosa Linnaeus, Rosaceae

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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
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Image Size: 27.5 x 18.5 mat opening
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HIBD Exhibitions: Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International] (1964)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H.M., comp. 1964. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International]. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library.
Accession Number: 0415
Artist Name: Avinoff, Andrey
Life Span: (1884-1949)
Nationality: Russia and United States
Gender: Male
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Title: [Rosa odorata (Tea Rose)]
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Rosa Linnaeus, Rosaceae

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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
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Image Size: 29 x 21 mat opening
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HIBD Exhibitions: Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International] (1964)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H.M., comp. 1964. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International]. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library.
Accession Number: 0416
Artist Name: Chatfield, M. B. L.
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Title: Alamanda
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Allamanda Linnaeus, Apocynaceae

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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 28
Image Size: 24.5 x 15.5
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Signature: M. B. L. Chatfield (b.l.)
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Accession Number: 0417
Artist Name: Edwards, John
Life Span: (active 1768-1785)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Nicotiana major angustifolia, Greater narrow leav'd tobacco
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Nicotiana Linnaeus, Solanaceae

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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 49 x 29.5
Image Size: 34.5 x 24.5
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Published: Edwards, J. 1775. A Select Collection of One Hundred Plates; Consisting of the Most Beautiful Exotic and British Flowers which Blow in our English Gardens ... London: printed for S. Hooper. Pl. 81.
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Notes: Exhibited in Books Drawings Prints from the Botanical Collection of Mrs. Roy Arthur Hunt, University of Virginia, 25 April–10 June 1952, hosted by the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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Accession Number: 0418
Artist Name: Keller, Johann-Christoph
Life Span: (1737-1795)
Nationality: Germany
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Corona imperialis, Aurora
Taxon:

Fritillaria imperialis Linnaeus, Liliaceae

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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 53 x 34
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Published: Trew, C. J. 1768-1786. Hortus Nitidissimis. Nuremberg: Auf Kosten der Seligmännischen Erben.
Printmaker: Wirsing, A. L.
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Accession Number: 0419
Artist Name: Bick and Gordon
Life Span: (fl.1800s) and (fl.1800s)
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Gender: Male?
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Rhododendron elongatum. Fig. 1. retusum. var. B. Fig. 2
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Rhododendron Linnaeus, Ericaceae

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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 45 x 28.5
Image Size: 31.5 x 19.5
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Published: ''Tab. VII.B'' (t.r.).
Printmaker: G. Severeyns
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Accession Number: 0420
Artist Name: Monnoyer, Jean Baptiste
Life Span: (1636-1699)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Citrus, Rutaceae
Ixia, Iridaceae

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Medium: engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 34.5 x 26.5
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Accession Number: 0421
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Description: anemone, rose, etc.
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 24 x 21
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Accession Number: 0422
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Lobelia cerulea
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Lobelia Linnaeus, Campanulaceae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 24.5 x 19.5
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Accession Number: 0423
Artist Name: Arendsen, Arentine Hendrica
Life Span: (1836–1915)
Nationality: Netherlands
Gender: Female?
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Richardia africana (Calla aethiopica, Arum aethiopicum)
Taxon:

Zantedeschia K. P. J. Sprengel, Araceae

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Medium: chromolithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35.5 x 25.5
Image Size: 31 x 24.5
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Published: A. C. van Eeden and Co. 1872-1881. Album van Eeden: Flora of Haarlem. Haarlem: van Eeden. Pl. 39.
Printmaker: Severeyns, G.
Notes: Flora of Haarlem, coloured plates of Dutch bulbs and bulbous plants. Taken from library's copy.
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Accession Number: 0424
Artist Name: Stones, Elsie Margaret
Life Span: (1920-2018)
Nationality: Australia
Gender: Female
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Title: Pittosporum undulatum
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Pittosporum undulatum Ventenat, Pittosporaceae

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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 32
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Signature: E. Margaret Stones (b.r.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International] (1964)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H.M., comp. 1964. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International]. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library.
Accession Number: 0425
Artist Name: Stones, Elsie Margaret
Life Span: (1920-2018)
Nationality: Australia
Gender: Female
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Description: aesculus, colchicum, crocus, geum, rosa, rubus
Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 36.5 x 26
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Signature: E. Margaret Stones (b.r.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International] (1964)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H.M., comp. 1964. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International]. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library.
Accession Number: 0426
Artist Name: Mack, Warren Bryan
Life Span: (1896-1952)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Mountain laurel
Taxon:

Kalmia Linnaeus, Ericaceae

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Medium: wood engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 48.5
Image Size: 25.5 x 35.5
Edition: 52/150
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Signature: Warren Mack (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Warren Mack
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HIBD Exhibitions: Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International] (1964)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H. M., comp. 1964. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International]. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library. P. 47.
Accession Number: 0428
Artist Name: Bury, Priscilla Susan (Mrs. Edward)
Life Span: (1793–1869)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Poinsettia pulcherrima var. albida, Showy poinsettia
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Euphorbia Linnaeus, Euphorbiaceae

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Published: Maund, B. and J. S. Henslow. 1836–1840. The Botanist. 4 vols. London: Groombridge. Vol. 2. Pl. 70.
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Accession Number: 0430
Artist Name: Drake, Sarah Anne (Miss)
Life Span: (1803–1857)
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Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Fuchsia globosa, Balloon-flowered fuchsia
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Fuchsia Linnaeus, Onagraceae

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Published: Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: pl. 1556. 1832.
Printmaker: Watts, L.''
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Accession Number: 0438
Artist Name: Fitch, Walter Hood
Life Span: (1817-1892)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Passiflora tucumanensis. Large-stipuled passion-flower.
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Passiflora Linnaeus, Passifloraceae

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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 14
Image Size: 20.5 x 12.5
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Published: Bot. Mag. 65: pl. 3636. 1839.
Printmaker: Swan
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Accession Number: 0439
Artist Name: Fitch, Walter Hood
Life Span: (1817-1892)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Mammillaria tenuis. Taper mammillaria
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Mammillaria Haworth, Cactaceae

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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 14
Image Size: 20.5 x 12.5
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Published: Bot. Mag. 65: pl. 3646. 1839.
Printmaker: Swan
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Accession Number: 0440
Artist Name: Fitch, Walter Hood
Life Span: (1817-1892)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Marshallia caespitosa. Tufted marshallia
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Marshallia Schreber, Asteraceae alt. Compositae

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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 14
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Published: Bot. Mag. 65: pl. 3704. 1839.
Printmaker: Swan
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Accession Number: 0441
Artist Name: Hart, (Miss)
Life Span: fl.ca.1820–1829
Nationality: England ?
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Amaryllis maranensis
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Hippeastrum Herbert, Amaryllidaceae

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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 15 x 23
Image Size: 12.5 x 20.5
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Published: Bot. Reg. 9: pl. 719. 1823.
Printmaker: Watts, S.
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Accession Number: 0442
Artist Name: Hart, (Miss)
Life Span: fl.ca.1820–1829
Nationality: England ?
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
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Zygocactus K. Schumann, Cactaceae

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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 15 x 23
Image Size: 12.5 x 20.5
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Published: Bot. Reg. 9: pl. 696. 1823.
Printmaker: Watts, S.
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Accession Number: 0443
Artist Name: Holden, Samuel
Life Span: (fl.1834–1849)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Fuchsia exoniensis
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Fuchsia Linnaeus, Onagraceae

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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 23 x 15.5
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Published: Paxtons's Mag. Bot. 10: pl. 151. 1843.
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Accession Number: 0444
Artist Name: Holden, Samuel
Life Span: (fl.1834–1849)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Bignonia picta
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Bignonia Linnaeus, Bignoniaceae

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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 23 x 15.5
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Published: Paxtons's Mag. Bot. 10: pl. 125. 1843.
Printmaker: Samuel Holden
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