Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute

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Accession Number: 0356
Artist Name: Withers, Augusta Innes Baker
Life Span: 1792–1869
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Title: Stanhopea tigrina
Taxon:

Stanhopea tigrina Bateman ex Lindley, Orchidaceae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 70 x 50.5
Image Size: 69.3 x 49.5 mat opening
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Signature: Mrs. Withers (b.r.)
Published: Bateman, J. 1837-1843. The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala. London, J. Ridgway & Sons.
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Accession Number: 0358
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Rosa parviflora, Wild rose
Taxon:

Rosa Linnaeus, Rosaceae

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Medium: lithograph hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 24.5 x 18
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Published: Embury, E. E. 1845. American Wild Flowers in their Native Haunts. New York: D. Appleton. Opposite P. 165.
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Accession Number: 0360
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Azalea nudiflora, Wild honeysuckle
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Rhododendron Linnaeus, Ericaceae

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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 20 x 16
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Signature: E. Whitefield (b.c.)
Published: Sargent, E., ed. Sargent’s New Monthly Magazine of Literature, Fashion and the Fine Arts. New York: Sargent and Co.
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Notes: Also hand-colored lithograph.
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Accession Number: 0361
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Asclepias
Taxon:

Asclepias Linnaeus, Asclepiadaceae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 19 x 16.5
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Accession Number: 0362
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Hound's tounge [sic]
Taxon:

Penstemon Schmidel, Scrophulariaceae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 20.5 x 15.5
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Accession Number: 0363
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Forget me not, [Bishop's?] cap or Currant leaf
Taxon:

Boraginaceae; Viola Linnaeus, Violaceae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 10 x 10.5
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Accession Number: 0364
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Wild lady's slipper
Taxon:

Cypripedium Linnaeus, Orchidaceae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 19.5 x 15.5
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Accession Number: 0365
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Grape hyacinth
Taxon:

Muscari P. Miller, Liliaceae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 19 x 16.5
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Accession Number: 0366
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Zizia [sic] Aurea
Taxon:

Zizzia A. W. Roth, Brassicaceae alt. Cruciferae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 19.5 x 13
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Accession Number: 0367
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Hay pink
Taxon:

Agrostemma Linnaeus, Caryophyllaceae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 22 x 17.5
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Accession Number: 0368
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Wild mallow
Taxon:

Malva Linnaeus, Malvaceae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 22 x 17
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Accession Number: 0369
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Greek valerian
Taxon:

Polemonium Linnaeus, Polemoniaceae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 18 x 18.5
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Accession Number: 0370
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Heal all
Taxon:

Calamintha P. Miller, Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae; Prunella Linnaeus, Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 19.5 x 15
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Accession Number: 0371
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Tulipa Linnaeus, Liliaceae

Description: flower
Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 11.5 x 10
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Accession Number: 0372
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Araceae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 18 x 11
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Accession Number: 0373
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Chimaphila umbellata, Prince's pine
Taxon:

Chimaphila Pursh, Pyrolaceae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 20 x 13
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Published: Embury, E. E. 1845. American Wild Flowers in their Native Haunts. New York: D. Appleton. Opposite P. 131.
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Accession Number: 0374
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Centaurea Linnaeus, Asteraceae alt. Compositae

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Dimensions (cm): 18.5 x 11
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Notes: ''Found near Reading, Pa. Septr. 1844 in dry woods'' (b.); sketches on reverse.
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Accession Number: 0375
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Smilacina Rafinesque, Liliaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 21.5 x 17.5
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Accession Number: 0376
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Astragalus Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 14.5
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Accession Number: 0377
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Asclepias Linnaeus, Asclepiadaceae; Specularia Heister ex Alph. de Candolle, Campanulaceae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 24 x 18
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Notes: Also hand-colored lithograph of Asclepias.
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Accession Number: 0378
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Acorus Linnaeus, Araceae; Sparganium Linnaeus, Sparganiaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 21.5 x 16.5
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Accession Number: 0379
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Lactuca Linnaeus, Asteraceae alt. Compositae

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Accession Number: 0380
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Taxon:

Glechoma Linnaeus, Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae; Sanguinaria Linnaeus, Papaveraceae; Ranunculus Linnaeus, Ranunculaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 20 x 17
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Accession Number: 0381
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Scarlet [illegible]
Taxon:

Anagallis Linnaeus, Primulaceae; Erica Linnaeus, Ericaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 22 x 16.5
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Accession Number: 0382
Artist Name: Whitefield, Edwin
Life Span: (1816-1892)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Fragaria Linnaeus, Rosaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 10.5 x 10
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