Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 6866.8
Artist Name: Fitch, Walter Hood
Life Span: (1817-1892)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Sheet 8. Class 2. Monocotyledons. Division I. Petaloid. XXIII. Order Lilianths. Liliaceae. (1.) Wld tulip. Tulipa sylvestris. (2.) Common Ruscus. Ruscus aculeatus. XXIV. Order Juncanths. Juncaceae. Field woodrush. Luzula campestris. XXV. Order Alismanths. Alismaceae. Plantain Alisma. Alisma plantago. XXVI. Order Aranths. Araceae. (1.) Spotted Arum. Arum maculatum. (2.) Marsh Calla. Calla palustris. (3.) Aquatic Orontium. Orontium aquaticum. XXVII. Order Pistianths. Pistiaceae. (1.) Lesser duckweed. Lemna minor. (2.) Gibbous duckweed. Lemna gibba. (3.) Greater duckweed. Lemna polyrhiza. (4.) Ivy-leaved duckweed. Lemna trisulca''
Taxon:
Alisma, Alismaceae
Arum, Araceae
Calla, Araceae
Lemna, Lemnaceae
Luzula, Juncaceae
Orontium, Araceae
Ruscus, Liliaceae
Tulipa, Liliaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph, color
Support: paper backed with canvas
Dimensions (cm): 71 x 100
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Date of Execution: 1857
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Published: from Prof. Henslow's Botanical Diagrams. Drawn by W. Fitch, for the Committee of Council on Education: Department of Science and Art. Phaenogamous plants. Day & Son, 1857.
Printmaker: Day & Son
Notes: Wall chart. One of 9 sheets covering systematics. Based on the drawings of John Stevens Henslow (1796–1861) and his eldest daughter Anne Barnard. The Hunt Institute has a complete set.
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Accession Number: 6866.9
Artist Name: Fitch, Walter Hood
Life Span: (1817-1892)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Sheet 9. Class 2. Monocotyledons. Division II. Glumaceous. XXVIII. Order Cyperanths, or Sedges. Cyperaceae. (1.) Common cotton-sedge. Eriophorum polystachyum. (2.) Bank Carex. Carex riparia. XXIX. Order Festucanths, or Grasses. Graminaceae. (1.) Common wheat. Triticum vulgare. (2.) Common oat. Avena sativa. (3.) Common barley. Hordeum vulgare. Variations - Two-rowed, and six-rowed. Distichum, et Hexastichum. (4.) Common feather-grass. Stipa pinnata. (5.) Sweet anthoxanth. Anthoxanthum odoratum. (6). Common mat-grass. Nardus stricta. (7.) Common rice.''
Taxon:
Anthoxanthum, Poaceae alt. Gramineae
Avena, Poaceae alt. Gramineae
Carex, Cyperaceae
Eriophorum, Cyperaceae
Hordeum, Poaceae alt. Gramineae
Nardus, Poaceae alt. Gramineae
Oryza, Poaceae alt. Gramineae
Stipa, Poaceae alt. Gramineae
Triticum, Poaceae alt. Gramineae
Zea, Poaceae alt. Gramineae
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Medium: lithograph, color
Support: paper backed with canvas
Dimensions (cm): 71 x 100
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Date of Execution: 1857
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Published: from Prof. Henslow's Botanical Diagrams. Drawn by W. Fitch, for the Committee of Council on Education: Department of Science and Art. Phaenogamous plants. Day & Son, 1857.
Printmaker: Day & Son
Notes: Wall chart. One of 9 sheets covering systematics. Based on the drawings of John Stevens Henslow (1796–1861) and his eldest daughter Anne Barnard. The Hunt Institute has a complete set.
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Accession Number: 6867
Artist Name: Comte, Achille
Life Span: (1802–1866)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Taxon:
Monocotyledoneae
Description: bulbs and rhizomes
Medium: lithograph, color
Support: paper backed with canvas
Dimensions (cm): 71 x 90
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Published: from Planches murales d'histoire naturelle par Achille Comte. Directeur de L'Ecole des Sciences de Nantes. Botanique. Pl. [cut off]. [Planches Murales d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris, ?G. Masson, 1872–1876–1877? or 1869?)
Printmaker: Dessine sur Pierre & Lithe. Chez Charpentier A. Nantes
Notes: Wall chart. Part of a series of 26 botanical charts. Also published were 60 zoological and 14 geological charts.
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Accession Number: 6868
Artist Name: Russo, Monica Jean
Life Span: (1950-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Shinleaf (Pyrola elliptica)''
Taxon:
Pyrola elliptica Nuttall, Pyrolaceae
Description:
Medium: acrylic
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35.5 x 28
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Date of Execution: 1989
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Signature: M. J. Russo (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 6869
Artist Name: Sharma, P.
Life Span: (1922-)
Nationality: India
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Bambusa ventricosa''
Taxon:
Bambusa, Poaceae alt. Gramineae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 46 x 34.5
Image Size: 38 x 30
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Date of Execution: 1985
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Signature: P. Sharma (b.l.)
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Accession Number: 6870
Artist Name: Sharma, P.
Life Span: (1922-)
Nationality: India
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Bambusa vulgaris var. striata''
Taxon:
Bambusa striata Lodd. ex Lindl., Poaceae alt. Gramineae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 46 x 34.5
Image Size: 38 x 30
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Date of Execution: 1985
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Signature: P. Sharma (b.l.)
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Accession Number: 6871
Artist Name: Sharma, P.
Life Span: (1922-)
Nationality: India
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Dendrocalamus strictus''
Taxon:
Dendrocalamus, Poaceae alt. Gramineae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 46 x 34.5
Image Size: 38 x 30
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Date of Execution: 1985
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Signature: P. Sharma (b.l.)
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Accession Number: 6872
Artist Name: Sharma, P.
Life Span: (1922-)
Nationality: India
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Gigantochloa ater''
Taxon:
Gigantochloa, Poaceae alt. Gramineae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 46 x 34.5
Image Size: 38 x 30
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Date of Execution: 1985
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Signature: P. Sharma (b.l.)
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Accession Number: 6873
Artist Name: Stagg, Pamela
Life Span: (1949-)
Nationality: Canada
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Double yellow tulips''
Taxon:
Tulipa, Liliaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 57 x 36.5
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Date of Execution: 1989
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Signature: Pamela Stagg (b.r.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1992
HIBD Publications: White, James J. and Autumn Farole 1992. 7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, p. 117.
Accession Number: 6874
Artist Name: Brouwers, Claire
Life Span: (1933-1990)
Nationality: Belgium
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Gentiana septemfida''
Taxon:
Gentiana, Gentianaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 23 x 17
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Date of Execution: 1989
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Signature: C. Brouwers (b.r.)
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Notes: Greeting card.
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Accession Number: 6875
Artist Name: Nass, Rhonda
Life Span: (1950-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Trumpet or Coral Japanese, Limber, Honeysuckle, Lonicera''
Taxon:
Lonicera, Caprifoliaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 22 x 14.5
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Published: for Char TerBeest and Rhonda Nass, Gifts from the earth; a basketmaker's field guide to midwest botanicals. Baraboo, WI, Wild Willow Press; Cross Plains, WI, Ampersand, 1988. P. 21.
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HIBD Exhibitions: 7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1992
HIBD Publications: White, James J. and Autumn Farole 1992. 7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, p. 89.
Accession Number: 6876
Artist Name: Klopfenstein, Eliza
Life Span: (1921-2018)
Nationality: Belgium
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Tillandsia sp.''
Taxon:
Tillandsia, Bromeliaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 20 x 14
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Date of Execution: 1989
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Signature: E. Klopfenstein (b.l.)
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Accession Number: 6877
Artist Name: Siegerman, Sheila
Life Span: (1931-)
Nationality: Canada
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Laeliocattleya, Amber glow''
Taxon:
Laeliocattleya, Orchidaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 61.5 x 56.5
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Date of Execution: 1989
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Signature: S. Siegerman (b.r.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1992
HIBD Publications: White, James J. and Autumn Farole 1992. 7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, p. 105.
Accession Number: 6878
Artist Name: Siegerman, Sheila
Life Span: (1931-)
Nationality: Canada
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Cattleya skinneri alba''
Taxon:
Cattleya, Orchidaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 48 x 39.5
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Date of Execution: 1989
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Signature: S. Siegerman (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 6879
Artist Name: Siegerman, Sheila
Life Span: (1931-)
Nationality: Canada
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Magnolia soulangeana''
Taxon:
Magnolia, Magnoliaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 45.5 x 33.5
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Date of Execution: 1988
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Signature: S. Siegerman (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 6880
Artist Name: Liberale, Giorgio and Meyerpeck, Wolfgang
Life Span: (fl.ca.1563) and (fl.1563)
Nationality: Italy and Unknown
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Pisum minus, P. sativum, Pea''
Taxon:
Pisum, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Description:
Medium: woodcut (restrike)
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 37 x 27.5
Image Size: 21.5 x 14.5
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Published: from Pierandrea Mattioli, New Kreüterbuch. Prague, 1563, and subsequent editions; repeated in Mattioli, Commentarii in sex libros, Venice, 1565.
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Notes: Restrike by Alecto Editions, block no. 429, edition no. 156/400. Also restrike, ed. 15/400.
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Accession Number: 6881
Artist Name: Wehr, Janet Porvers
Life Span: (1927-2015)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Sumacs and relatives: Winged sumac, Prairie sumac''
Taxon:
Rhus Linnaeus, Toxicodendron P. Miller, Anacardiaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 36.5 x 25.5
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Signature: Janet Wehr (b.r.)
Published: Petrides, G. A. 1988. A Field Guide to Eastern Trees. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Pl. 20.
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Notes: A work by this artist, not in the Hunt Institute collection, was included in the 6th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1988.
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Accession Number: 6882
Artist Name: Wehr, Janet Porvers
Life Span: (1927-2015)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Thorny trees with alternate toothed leaves: Dotted downy cockspur, Hawthorns, American crabapple, Narrowleaf crabapple, American plum, Chickasaw plum''
Taxon:
Crataegus Linnaeus, Malus P. Miller, Prunus Linnaeus, Rosaceae; Ziziphus P. Miller, Rhamnaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 37 x 26.5
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Signature: Janet Wehr (b.r.)
Published: Petrides, G. A. 1988. A Field Guide to Eastern Trees. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Pl. 23.
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Notes: A work by this artist, not in the Hunt Institute collection, was included in the 6th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1988.
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Accession Number: 6883
Artist Name: Dowden, Raymond Baxter
Life Span: (1905-1982)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Taxon:
Rubus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 28 x 35.5
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Date of Execution: 1978
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Signature: Raymond B. Dowden per A.O.D. (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 6884
Artist Name: Dowden, Raymond Baxter
Life Span: (1905-1982)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Taxon:
Sarracenia Linnaeus, Sarraceniaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 28 x 35.5
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Date of Execution: 1978
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Signature: Raymond B. Dowden per A.O.D. (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 6885
Artist Name: Dowden, Raymond Baxter
Life Span: (1905-1982)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Taxon:
Cucurbitaceae ?
Description: flowers with developing fruits
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 28 x 35.5
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Date of Execution: 1978
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Signature: Raymond B. Dowden per A.O.D. (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 6886
Artist Name: Dowden, Raymond Baxter
Life Span: (1905-1982)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Description: clematis ?, composite, monarda
Medium: pencil, ball-point pen
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 28 x 35.5
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Date of Execution: 1978
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Signature: Raymond B. Dowden (per A.O.D.) (b.l.)
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Accession Number: 6887
Artist Name: Dowden, Raymond Baxter
Life Span: (1905-1982)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Description: vegetation with fungi
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26 x 33
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Signature: Raymond B. Dowden (per A.O.D.) (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 6888
Artist Name: Dowden, Raymond Baxter
Life Span: (1905-1982)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Description: two vases of leaves and flowers
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 50.5
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Date of Execution: 1966
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Signature: Raymond B. Dowden (per A.O.D.) (b.l.)
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Accession Number: 6889
Artist Name: Dowden, Raymond Baxter
Life Span: (1905-1982)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Description: plantain, grasses
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 33 x 50.5
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Date of Execution: 1966
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Signature: Raymond B. Dowden (b.r.)
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