Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 8588.040
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: Robinia viscosa, Clammy Locust Tree
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 26.9 x 21.5
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.041
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: Cerasus pennsylvanica. Wild Red Cherry
Taxon: Cerasus pensylvanica (Linnaeus f.) Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, Rosaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 27.8 x 21
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Accession Number: 8588.042
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: Viburnum lantana. Wayfaring Tree
Taxon: Viburnum lantana Linnaeus, Caprifoliaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 26.5 x 22
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Accession Number: 8588.043
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac and Prestele, Joseph
Life Span: 1811-1895, 1796-1867
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Aesculus parviflora
Taxon: Aesculus parviflora Walter, Hippocastanaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 29 x 22.7
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Date of Execution: ca. 1849–1859
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Published: Gray, Asa. 1891. Plates prepared between the years 1849 and 1859, to accompany a report on the forest trees of North America, Washington : Smithsonian Institution. Pl. 31.
Printmaker: Prestele sc. and lith.
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.044
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Nationality: United States
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Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 28.5 x 22.5
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Accession Number: 8588.045
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Nationality: United States
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Title: The Ben Davis Apple (New York Pippen)
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 28.5 x 22.5
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Accession Number: 8588.046
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: Spirea I Billardi II Salicifolia
Taxon: Spirea Pallas, Rosaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 24
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Accession Number: 8588.047
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: The Eumelan Grape
Taxon: Vitis Linnaeus, Vitaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 23.9
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Accession Number: 8588.048
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: The Crawford’s Early Peach
Taxon: Prunus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
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Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 24.3
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Accession Number: 8588.049
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: The Doyenne Boussock Pear
Taxon: Pyrus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
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Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 24.3
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Accession Number: 8588.051
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: Crawford’s Late Peach
Taxon: Prunus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
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Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 28.4 x 23.2
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Accession Number: 8588.052
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Description: Central tree with low hills, rocks, church and other architecture in back
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 29.2 x 23.3
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Printmaker: Lith. and cold. by W.H. Prestele, Iowa City, Ia.
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.053
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac and Prestele, Joseph
Life Span: 1811-1895, 1796-1867
Nationality: United States
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Title: Gleditschia triacanthos. Honey Locust
Taxon: Gleditsia triacanthos Linnaeus, Caesalpiniaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 30.7 x 23
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Published: Gray, Asa. 1891. Plates prepared between the years 1849 and 1859, to accompany a report on the forest trees of North America, Washington : Smithsonian Institution. Pl. 41
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Accession Number: 8588.054
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: The Belle Lucrative Pear
Taxon: Pyrus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
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Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 24.2
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Printmaker: Lith. & cold. by Amana Society Homestead Iowa
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.055
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac and Prestele, Joseph
Life Span: 1811-1895, 1796-1867
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Cercis canadensis. Red Bud
Taxon: Cercis canadensis Linnaeus, Caesalpiniaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 23
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Published: Gray, Asa. 1891. Plates prepared between the years 1849 and 1859, to accompany a report on the forest trees of North America, Washington : Smithsonian Institution. Pl. 39
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Accession Number: 8588.056
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: 1811-1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Magnolia umbrella, Umbrella Tree
Taxon: Magnolia tripetala Linnaeus, Magnoliaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 42.5
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Published: Gray, Asa. 1891. Plates prepared between the years 1849 and 1859, to accompany a report on the forest trees of North America, Washington : Smithsonian Institution. Pl. 3 (foldout)
Printmaker: Tappan & Bradford
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.057
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Royal Church Raspberry
Taxon: Rubus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
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Medium: chromolithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 21.9 x 14
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Published: Report of the Pomologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1892, Plate X
Printmaker: A. Hoen & Co., Lithocaustic
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.058
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Dwarf Juneberry, Var. ‘Success’ (Amelanchier oblongifolia)
Taxon: Amelanchier Medikus, Rosaceae
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Medium: chromolithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 19.7 x 12
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Published: Div. of Pomology, U.S.Dept. of Agr. 1888, Plate VII
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Accession Number: 8588.059
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Mercer Cherry
Taxon: Prunus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
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Medium: chromolithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 21.5 x 13.2
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Published: Report of the Pomologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1892, Plate V
Printmaker: A. Hoen & Co., Lithocaustic
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.060
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Cher[ry] [a.] Bing. b. Napoleon
Taxon: Prunus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
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Medium: chromolithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 21.5 x 13.2
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Published: Report of the Pomologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1892, Plate IV
Printmaker: A. Hoen & Co., Lithocaustic
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.061
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Fig. 1 Borovinka-No. 245. Fig. 2 Prolific Sweeting-No. 351
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 22.5 x 14.6
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Published: Report of the Pomologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1888 Plate IX
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Accession Number: 8588.062
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Fig. 1 Zolotoreff-No. 275. Fig. 2. Red Transparent-No. 333
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 22.5 x 14.6
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Published: Report of the Pomologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1888 Plate X
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Accession Number: 8588.063
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Bidwells Early
Taxon: Prunus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
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Medium: chromolithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 21.5 x 13
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Published: Div. of Pomology, U.S.Dept. of Agr. 1888, Plate VI
Printmaker: A. Hoen & Co., Lithocaustic
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.064
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Hannibal Raspberry
Taxon: Rubus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
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Medium: chromolithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 21.5 x 13.9
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Published: Report of the Pomologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1892 Plate IX
Printmaker: A. Hoen & Co., Lithocaustic
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.065
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Sophie Plum
Taxon: Prunus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
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Medium: chromolithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 22 x 13.2
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Published: Report of the Pomologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1892 Plate VI
Printmaker: A. Hoen & Co., Lithocaustic
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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