Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 6331.0172
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Cheirostemon platanoides''
Taxon:
Chiranthodendron pentadactylon Larreategui, Sterculiaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 34.5 x 43
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Notes: The Expedition travelled to Toluca in mid-Dec. 1787 expressly to collect and paint this species, from the only known tree. However, this particular drawing may have been made after a cultivated tree flowered in Mexico in 1795. Artist Cerda? See also 894. Double page.
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