Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 7495
Artist Name: Readio, Wilfred A.
Life Span: (1895-1961)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Hosta, Liliaceae
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Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35 x 43
Image Size: 30.5 x 36.5
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Accession Number: 7496
Artist Name: Readio, Wilfred A.
Life Span: (1895-1961)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Hosta, Liliaceae
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Accession Number: 7497
Artist Name: Readio, Wilfred A.
Life Span: (1895-1961)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Dicotyledoneae
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Medium: crayon
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Accession Number: 7498
Artist Name: Tuttle, Virginia A.
Life Span: (1942-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: "Zantedeschia aethiopica"
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Zantedeschia, Araceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 60 x 47
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Date of Execution: 1999
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Signature: Virginia A. Tuttle (c.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 10th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2001
HIBD Publications: White, James J. and Lugene Bruno. 2001. 10th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, p. 99.
Accession Number: 7499
Artist Name: Lawton, Nancy
Life Span: (1950-2007)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: "Ruffled cyclamen"
Taxon:
Cyclamen, Primulaceae
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Medium: graphite
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 28 x 25.5
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HIBD Exhibitions: 10th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2001
HIBD Publications: White, James J. and Lugene Bruno. 2001. 10th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, p. 61.
Accession Number: 7500.01
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: "Flowers of Fuerte avocado"
Taxon:
Persea, Lauraceae
Description: flowers
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 15.5 x 10
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (b.c.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 1 (p. 13).
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Accession Number: 7500.02
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: "The Pollock avocado"
Taxon:
Persea, Lauraceae
Description: cross-section of fruit
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 23 x 15.5
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Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 4 (p. 70).
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Accession Number: 7500.03
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: "The Trapp avocado"
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Persea, Lauraceae
Description: cross-section of fruit
Medium: ink
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Dimensions (cm): 23 x 15.5
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Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 5 (p. 70).
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Accession Number: 7500.04
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: "Seedlings of grafted Indian mangos usually do not produce fruit exactlly like the parent. Each of the fruits here shown represents a tree grown from a seed of the Mulgoba Mango. Thie variation in size and shape of fruit, and in the amount of fiber around the seed are noteworthy.
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Mangifera, Anacardiaceae
Description: fruits and seeds
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 20 x 15.5
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (b.l.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 10 (p. 110).
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Accession Number: 7500.05
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "Crown-grafting the mango. On the left, two cions of proper size and character; in the center, a cion inserted and another tied in place; and on the right, the covering of waxed paper which protects the cion while it is forming a union with the stock"
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Description: grafting
Medium: ink
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Dimensions (cm): 19 x 15
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (b.r.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 12 (p. 116).
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Accession Number: 7500.06
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Title: "A bisexual mango flower"
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Mangifera, Anacardiaceae
Description: flower
Medium: ink
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Dimensions (cm): 15.5 x 10
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Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 13 (p. 118).
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Accession Number: 7500.07
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "The Mulgoba mango"
Taxon:
Mangifera, Anacardiaceae
Description: fruit and seed
Medium: ink
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Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15.5
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (b.c.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 15 (p. 139).
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Accession Number: 7500.08
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Title: "The Haden mango"
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Mangifera, Anacardiaceae
Description: fruit and seed
Medium: ink
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Dimensions (cm): 21 x 19
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (b.c.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 16 (p. 139).
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Accession Number: 7500.09
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Title: "Amini mango"
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Mangifera, Anacardiaceae
Description: fruit and seed
Medium: ink
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Dimensions (cm): 11.5 x 15
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (b.c.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 17 (p. 141).
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Accession Number: 7500.10
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Title: "The Bennett mango"
Taxon:
Mangifera, Anacardiaceae
Description: fruit and seed
Medium: ink
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Dimensions (cm): 16.5 x 19
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (b.c.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 18 (p. 141).
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Accession Number: 7500.11
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Title: "The Sandersha mango"
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Mangifera, Anacardiaceae
Description: fruit and seed
Medium: ink
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Dimensions (cm): 22.5 x 19.5
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (b.c.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 20 (p. 144).
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Accession Number: 7500.12
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Title: "The Cambodiana mango"
Taxon:
Mangifera, Anacardiaceae
Description: fruit and seed
Medium: ink
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Dimensions (cm): 18.5 x 19
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (b.c.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 21 (p. 145).
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Accession Number: 7500.13
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: "Foliage, flowers and fruit of the cashew (Anacardium occidentale)"
Taxon:
Anacardium occidentale L., Anacardiaceae
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Medium: ink
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Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 17.5
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (b.c.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 22 (p. 147).
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Notes: Preface credits line drawings to Mrs. R. E. Gamble of the Breau of Plant Industry.
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Accession Number: 7500.14
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Title: "Seedling cherimoyas, showing some of the common types"
Taxon:
Annona cherimola Mill, Annonaceae
Description: fruits with knife
Medium: ink
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Dimensions (cm): 14.5 x 15.5
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (b.r.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 24 (p. 176).
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Notes: See F. W. Popenoe, "The Cherimona in California." Pomona Coll. J. Econ. 2(2): 288. fig. 128. 1912 for a photograph of this image.
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Accession Number: 7500.15
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Nationality: United States
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Title: "The sugar-apple (Annona squamosa), a favorite fruit in India and many parts of tropical America"
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Annona, Annonaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 15.5 x 18
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (c.l.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 25 (p. 177).
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Accession Number: 7500.16
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Title: "The bullock's-heart, a fruit widely cultivated in the tropics"
Taxon:
Annona, Annonaceae
Description: fruit
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Dimensions (cm): 20 x 16.5
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (t.c.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 26 (p. 186).
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Accession Number: 7500.17
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Title: "The ilama (Annona diversifolia), an excellent fruit from southern Mexico and Central America"
Taxon:
Annona diversifolia Safford, Annonaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 20 x 14.5
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Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 27 (p. 189).
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Accession Number: 7500.18
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Title: "Flowers of the papaya"
Taxon:
Carica papaya L., Caricaceae
Description: flowers
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Dimensions (cm): 21.5 x 15.5
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (b.c.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 29 (p. 227).
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Notes: See accession no. 7501.32.
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Accession Number: 7500.19
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Title: "The sweet granadilla (Passiflora ligularis), one of the best-flavored fruits of its genus"
Taxon:
Passiflora, Passifloraceae
Description: fruit and cross-section
Medium: ink
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Dimensions (cm): 20 x 13
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (b.c.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 30 (p. 246).
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Accession Number: 7500.20
Artist Name: Gamble, (Mrs.) R. E.
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Title: "The giant granadilla (Passiflora quadrangularis)"
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Passiflora, Passifloraceae
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Dimensions (cm): 20 x 11.5
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Signature: R. E. Gamble (c.l.)
Published: for Wilson Pompenoe, Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits. New York, Macmillan Co., 1920. Fig. 31 (p. 247).
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