Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 1223
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: Poison oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum), Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
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Toxicodendron diversilobum (Torrey and A. Gray) Greene, Toxicodendron radicans (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Anacardiaceae
Description: branches
Medium: watercolor
Support: illustration board
Dimensions (cm): 51 x 38.4
Image Size: 38 x 29 mat opening
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Notes: Copy by the artist of original of one of series of 31 color plates of hay-fever producing plants, published by Hollister-Stier Laboratories, Los Angeles, California, 1963.
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: 1224
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Taxon:
Juglans Linnaeus, Juglandaceae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 51 x 38
Image Size: 38 x 29 mat opening
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Notes: Copy by the artist of original of one of series of 31 color plates of hay-fever producing plants, published by Hollister-Stier Laboratories, Los Angeles, California, 1963.
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: 7054.01
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Wallflower, Erysimum capitatum''
Taxon:
Erysimum, Brassicaceae alt. Cruciferae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 37.5 x 28
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Accession Number: 7054.02
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Yellow lupine''
Taxon:
Lupinus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 29.5 x 21.5 mat opening
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Accession Number: 7054.03
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Mariposa lily, Calochortus luteus''
Taxon:
Calochortus, Liliaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 37.5 x 30
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Accession Number: 7054.04
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Miniature lupine''
Taxon:
Lupinus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 28 x 18.5
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Accession Number: 7054.05
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Paint brush, Castilleja''
Taxon:
Castilleja, Scrophulariaceae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 28 x 20.5
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Accession Number: 7054.06
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Western buttercup''
Taxon:
Ranunculus, Ranunculaceae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 28.5 x 19
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Accession Number: 7054.07
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Scrophulariaceae ?
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Dimensions (cm): 29 x 20.5
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Accession Number: 7054.08
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Golden columbine''
Taxon:
Aquilegia, Ranunculaceae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 37 x 28
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Accession Number: 7054.09
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Calif. indian pink, Silene californica''
Taxon:
Silene, Caryophyllaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 33 x 26.5
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Date of Execution: 1981
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Accession Number: 7054.10
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Goldfields''
Taxon:
Baeria, Asteraceae alt. Compositae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 35.5 x 28.5
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Accession Number: 7054.11
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Blue lupine, Lupinus densiflorus''
Taxon:
Lupinus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
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Dimensions (cm): 51 x 38
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Accession Number: 7054.12
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Pepper plant''
Taxon:
Solanum, Solanaceae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 56 x 38
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Accession Number: 7054.13
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Gold nuggets, Mariposa tulip, Calochortus luteus''
Taxon:
Calochortus, Liliaceae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 56 x 38.5
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Date of Execution: 1978
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Accession Number: 7054.14
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Seep spring monkey flower, Mimulus guttatus''
Taxon:
Mimulus, Scrophulariaceae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 56 x 38
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Date of Execution: 1978
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Accession Number: 7054.15
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Yellow lupine, Lupinus densiflorus var. aureus''
Taxon:
Lupinus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 65 x 38
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Date of Execution: 1978
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Accession Number: 7054.16
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Devilsclaw, Proboscidea louisanica''
Taxon:
Proboscidea, Martyniaceae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 57 x 39
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Date of Execution: 1985
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Accession Number: 7054.17
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Joseph's coat, Opuntia vulgaris cv. variegata''
Taxon:
Opuntia, Cactaceae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 56 x 38.5
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Date of Execution: 1987
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Accession Number: 7054.18
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Toothed monkey flower, Mimulus dentatus''
Taxon:
Mimulus, Scrophulariaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 56 x 38
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Date of Execution: 1978
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Accession Number: 7054.19
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Green mule ears, Wyethia glabra''
Taxon:
Wyethia, Asteraceae alt. Compositae
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Dimensions (cm): 56 x 38
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Accession Number: 7054.20
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Yellow lupine''
Taxon:
Lupinus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 51 x 38
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Date of Execution: 1984
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Accession Number: 7054.21
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Fringed sidalcea, Sidalcea diploscypha: Lolium sp., ryegrass''
Taxon:
Lolium, Poaceae alt. Gramineae
Sidalcea, Malvaceae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 56 x 38
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Date of Execution: 1978
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Accession Number: 7054.22
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Hound's tongue, Cynoglossum grande''
Taxon:
Cynoglossum, Boraginaceae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 56 x 38
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Date of Execution: 1978
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Accession Number: 7054.23
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Red delphinium, Delphinum [sic] nudicaule''
Taxon:
Delphinium, Ranunculaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 56 x 38
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Date of Execution: 1979
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