Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 7054.27
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Valley dowingia, Dowingia pulchella; Smooth lasthenia, Lasthenia glabrata''
Taxon:
Dowingia, Campanulaceae
Lasthenia, Asteraceae alt. Compositae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 56 x 42
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Date of Execution: 1960
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Signature: Mary Foley Benson (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 7054.28
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Paintbrush sp., Fiddle neck, Amasinckia [sic] intermedia''
Taxon:
Amsinckia, Boraginaceae
Castilleja, Scrophulariaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 56 x 38
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Accession Number: 7054.29
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Dudleya, Dudleya farinosa''
Taxon:
Dudleya, Crassulaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 56 x 38.5
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Date of Execution: 1978
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Accession Number: 7054.30
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Cupped dowingia, Dowingia insignia and Fremont's lasthenia, Lasthenia fremontii''
Taxon:
Dowingia, Campanulaceae
Lasthenia, Asteraceae alt. Compositae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 56 x 38
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Date of Execution: 1978
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Accession Number: 7054.31
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Golden lupine, Lupinus densiflorus var. aureus 'Ed Gedling'; California poppy, Eschscholzia californica; Dogface butterfly, Colias (Zirene) eurydice''
Taxon:
Eschscholzia, Papaveraceae
Lupinus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Description: with butterflies
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 58 x 40
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Date of Execution: 1984
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Accession Number: 7054.32
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Field owl clover, Arthocarpus [sic] campestris; California blue-eyed grass, Sisyrinchium bellum''
Taxon:
Arthocarpum, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Sisyrinchium, Iridaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 56 x 38
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Date of Execution: 1978
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Accession Number: 7054.33
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Narrowleaf mule ears, Wyethia angustifolia''
Taxon:
Wyethia, Asteraceae alt. Compositae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 57 x 36.5
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Date of Execution: 1985
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Accession Number: 7054.34
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Western shooting star, Dodecatheon pulchellum''
Taxon:
Dodecatheon, Primulaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 56 x 38.5
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Date of Execution: 1978
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Accession Number: 7054.35
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Mule ears''
Taxon:
Wyethia, Asteraceae alt. Compositae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 56 x 38
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Date of Execution: 1979
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Accession Number: 7054.36
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Dudley's clarkia, Clarkia dudleyana''
Taxon:
Clarkia, Onagraceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 56 x 38
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Date of Execution: 1978
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Accession Number: 7054.37
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Fremont's tidy tips, Layia fremontii and Blue Dicks, Dichelostemma pulchellum''
Taxon:
Dichelostemma, Liliaceae
Layia, Asteraceae alt. Compositae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 56 x 38
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Date of Execution: 1978
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Accession Number: 7054.38
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Pink star mariposa lily, Calochortus uniflorus''
Taxon:
Calochortus, Liliaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 56 x 38
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Date of Execution: 1981
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Accession Number: 7054.39
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Williamson's clarkia, Clarkia williamsonii''
Taxon:
Clarkia, Onagraceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 56 x 38
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Date of Execution: 1978
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Accession Number: 7054.40
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Echeveria 'pulv oliver'''
Taxon:
Echeveria, Crassulaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 56 x 38
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Date of Execution: 1980
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Accession Number: 7054.41
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Twining shake lily, Dichelostemma volublie [sic]''
Taxon:
Dichelostemma, Liliaceae
Poaceae alt. Gramineae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 56 x 38.5
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Date of Execution: 1978
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Accession Number: 7054.42
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Ruby clarkia, Clarkia rubicunda''
Taxon:
Clarkia, Onagraceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 56.2 x 35.5
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Date of Execution: 1981
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Accession Number: 7054.43
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
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 50.5 x 38
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Date of Execution: 1982
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Accession Number: 7054.44
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Western shooting star, Dodecatheon pulchellum''
Taxon:
Dodecatheon, Primulaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 36 x 26.5
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Date of Execution: 1984
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Accession Number: 7054.45
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Taxon:
Dicotyledoneae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 28 x 19
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Accession Number: 7054.46
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Twining brodiaea, Brodiaea volubilis''
Taxon:
Brodiaea, Liliaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 27.5 x 20.5
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Accession Number: 7054.47
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''California poppy, Eschscholzia californica; Wild oats, Avena fatua''
Taxon:
Avena, Poaceae alt. Gramineae
Eschscholzia, Papaveraceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 69 x 56
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Date of Execution: 1982
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Accession Number: 7054.48
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Taxon:
Cucumis, Cucurbitaceae
Description:
Medium: ink, wash
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 57 x 46
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Date of Execution: 1984
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Accession Number: 7054.49
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Taxon:
Brassica, Brassicaceae alt. Cruciferae
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Medium: ink, wash
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 57 x 46
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Date of Execution: 1984
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Accession Number: 7054.50
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Taxon:
Solanum, Solanaceae
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Medium: ink, wash
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 57 x 46
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Date of Execution: 1983
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Accession Number: 7054.51
Artist Name: Benson, Mary Foley
Life Span: (1905-1992)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Taxon:
Cynara, Asteraceae alt. Compositae
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Dimensions (cm): 57 x 46
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Date of Execution: 1983
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