Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 7648
Artist Name: Unknown (previously attributed to Besler, Basilius)
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Gender: Male
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Title: "I. Narcissus nobilis … II. Narcissus de Argiers … III. Narcissus orientalis …"
Taxon:
Narcissus, Amaryllidaceae
Description:
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 58.5 x 45.5
Image Size: 47.5 x 39.5
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Published: from Besler, Basilus, Hortus Eystettensis. ([Nuremburg?, s.n.], 1613 and later editions).
Printmaker: Ten engravers translated the drawings into prints: Wolfgang Kilian (1581–1662), Servatius Raeven, Levin van Hulsen, Dominicus Custos (1560–1612), Robert Custos (1590–1651), Heinrich Ulrich (1570–1621), Friedrich van Hulsen (ca.1580–ca.1660), Johann Leypold, G. H. (possibly Georg Hortulanus) and Peter Isselburgh (1568–1630)
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Accession Number: 7649
Artist Name: Le Berryais, Bezy
Life Span: (1722-1807)
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Title: "Bezy de Chaumontel"
Taxon:
Pyrus communis L., Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 28
Image Size: 29 x 22
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Printmaker: Cor, P. L.
Notes: similar to version in Duhamel du Monceau, Traité des arbres fruitiers … (1768) which contains a third pear
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Accession Number: 7650
Artist Name: Epton, Amy Elizabeth Paluch
Life Span: (1953-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Rights held by McClure and Zimmerman?
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Title: "Wild Tulips"
Taxon:
Tulipa, Liliaceae
Description:
Medium: graphite
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26 x 32
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Date of Execution: ca. 1996
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Published: for McClure and Zimmerman nursery catalogue.
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HIBD Exhibitions: 11th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2005
HIBD Publications: White, James J. and Lugene Bruno. 2005. 11th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, p. 23.
Accession Number: 7651
Artist Name: Epton, Amy Elizabeth Paluch
Life Span: (1953-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Rights held by McClure and Zimmerman?
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Title: "Wild Daffodil Bouquet"
Taxon:
Narcissus, Amaryllidaceae
Description:
Medium: graphite
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 46.5 x 37
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Date of Execution: ca. 1986
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Published: for McClure and Zimmerman nursery catalogue.
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HIBD Exhibitions: 11th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2005
HIBD Publications: White, James J. and Lugene Bruno. 2005. 11th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, p. 24.
Accession Number: 7652
Artist Name: Uchijo, Yoko
Life Span: (1949-)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Rights held by the artist.
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Title: "Viola"
Taxon:
Viola, Violaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 47
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Date of Execution: 1999
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Notes: A work by this artist, not in the Hunt Institute collection, was included in the 7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1992.
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Accession Number: 7653
Artist Name: Kakuta, Yoko
Life Span: (1939-)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Rights held by the artist.
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Title: "Camellia japonica var. macrocarpa Masamune (Apple Camellia) from Yakushima (Yaku-island) Kagoshima Japan"
Taxon:
Camellia, Theaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 40.5 x 30.5
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Date of Execution: 2002–2003
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Signature: Y. Kakuta (t.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. 55.
Accession Number: 7654
Artist Name: Kakuta, Yoko
Life Span: (1939-)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Female
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Title: "Camellia rusticana from Kamo-shi Niigata Japan"
Taxon:
Camellia, Theaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 40.5 x 30.5
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Date of Execution: 2000
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Signature: Y. Kakuta (b.l.)
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Accession Number: 7655
Artist Name: Saito, Masao
Life Span: (1947-)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Copyright: Rights held by the artist.
Credit:
Title: "Nakama" [Group of Melons]: 1. Melon, Elizabeth, 2. Melon, Kinsho, 3. Melon, Papaya, 4. Melon, Prince, 5. Melon, Andes, 6. Melon, Home run, 7. Melon, Honeydew, 8. Melon, Red, 9. Melon, Amusu, 10. Muskmelon, 11. Melon, Yubari"
Taxon:
Cucumis, Cucurbitaceae
Description: melons
Medium: acrylic
Support: illustration board
Dimensions (cm): 51 x 72.5
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Date of Execution: 1999
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Signature: Masao Saito (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 7656
Artist Name: Saito, Masao
Life Span: (1947-)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Title: "Kankitsu-rui" [Group of Citrus]: 1. Lime, 2. Sudachi, 3. Lemon, 4. Kabosu, 5. Navel Orange, 6. Sanshu-kan, 7. Kin-kan, 8. Sanpo-kan, 9. Amanatsu-kan, 10. Yuzu, 11. Grapefruit, 12. Oro Blanco, 13. Iyo-kan, 14. Tan-kan, 15. Sanpei-yuzu, 16. Pon-kan, 17. Busshu-kan"
Taxon:
Citrus, Rutaceae
Description: citrus fruits
Medium: acrylic
Support: illustration board
Dimensions (cm): 51 x 72.5
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Date of Execution: 2002
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Signature: Masao Saito (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 7657
Artist Name: Takahashi, Kazuto
Life Span: (1951-)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Copyright: Rights held by the artist
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Title: "Arisaema heterophyllum, Maizuru-tennan-sho, Flying cranes"
Taxon:
Arisaema heterophyllum Blume, Araceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 54.5 x 39.5
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Signature: K. Takahashi (b.r.)
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Notes: A work by this artist, not in the Hunt Institute collection, was included in the 7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1992.
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Accession Number: 7658
Artist Name: Takahashi, Kazuto
Life Span: (1951-)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Title: "Euphorbia adenochlora, No-uru shi, Field sumac"
Taxon:
Euphorbia, Euphorbiaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 39.5 x 30
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Signature: K. Takahashi (b.r.)
Published: for Endangered plants of Japan: A florilegium. The Japanese Association of Botanical Illustration. 2004. Pl. 38 (p. 77).
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Notes: A work by this artist, not in the Hunt Institute collection, was included in the 7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1992.
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Accession Number: 7659
Artist Name: Takahashi, Kazuto
Life Span: (1951-)
Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Title: "Habenaria sagittifera, Mizu-tombo, Water dragonfly"
Taxon:
Habenaria, Orchidaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38.5 x 27
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Signature: K. Takahashi (b.r.)
Published: for Endangered plants of Japan: A florilegium. The Japanese Association of Botanical Illustration. 2004. Pl. 177 (p. 355).
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Notes: A work by this artist, not in the Hunt Institute collection, was included in the 7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1992.
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Accession Number: 7660
Artist Name: Prestele, Joseph
Life Span: (1796-1867)
Nationality: Germany and United States
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: "The McLaughlin Plum"
Taxon:
Prunus domestica Linnaeus subsp. italica (Borkhausen) Gams ex Hegi ‘McLaughlin,’ Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
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Printmaker: Ebenezer, Buffalo
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HIBD Exhibitions: Duets, 2014
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Accession Number: 7661
Artist Name: Prestele, Joseph
Life Span: (1796-1867)
Nationality: Germany and United States
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: "1 Striped Germain. 2 White Doyenné."
Taxon:
Prunus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 29 x 22.5
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Printmaker: Pease, J. I. and R. H.
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Accession Number: 7662.01
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: "Magnolia grandiflora. Large flowered Magnolia"
Taxon:
Magnolia grandiflora Linnaeus, Magnoliaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph, printed in green ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 34 x 27
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Printmaker: Tappan & Bradford's lith.
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Accession Number: 7662.02
Artist Name: Faxon, Charles Edward
Life Span: (1846-1918)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: "Vochysia guatemalensis J. Donnell Smith"
Taxon:
Vochysia, Vochysiaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
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Published: from John Donnell Smith, "Undescribed plants from Guatemala. V." Bot. Gaz. (Crawfordsville) 13(11): 299-300. 1888. Pl. 23.
Printmaker: Meisel, B., Boston
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Accession Number: 7662.03
Artist Name: Faxon, Charles Edward
Life Span: (1846-1918)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: "Vaccinium poasanum Donn. Sm."
Taxon:
Vaccinium, Ericaceae
Description:
Medium: line block
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 27.5 x 25
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Published: "Ill. Lig. Pl." (t.l.), "Pl. LXXIV" (t.r.)
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Accession Number: 7662.04
Artist Name: Faxon, Charles Edward
Life Span: (1846-1918)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: "Tynanthus guatemalensis Donnell Smith"
Taxon:
Tynnanthus, Bignoniaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 24.5
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Published: for John Donnell Smith, "Undescribed plants from Guatemala. XI."Bot. Gaz. (Crawfordsville) 18(6): 197-211. 1893. Pl. 22.
Printmaker: Meisel, B., Boston
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Accession Number: 7662.05
Artist Name: Faxon, Charles Edward
Life Span: (1846-1918)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: "Solanum olivaeforme J. Donnell Smith"
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Medium: lithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 24.5
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Published: from John Donnell Smith, "Undescribed plants from Guatemala. VIII." Bot. Gaz. (Crawfordsville) 16(1): 1-14. 1891. Pl. 2.
Printmaker: Meisel, B., Boston
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Accession Number: 7662.06
Artist Name: Faxon, Charles Edward
Life Span: (1846-1918)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: "Solanum molinum Fern."
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Medium: line block
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Dimensions (cm): 33 x 23.5
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Published: "Ill. Lig. Pl." (t.l.), "Pl. XLIX" (t.r.)
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Accession Number: 7662.07
Artist Name: Faxon, Charles Edward
Life Span: (1846-1918)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: "Prostecidiscus guatemalensis Donn. Sm."
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Medium: lithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
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Printmaker: Meisel, B., Boston
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Accession Number: 7662.08
Artist Name: Faxon, Charles Edward
Life Span: (1846-1918)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: "Pitcairnia tuerckheimii J. Donnell Smith"
Taxon:
Pitcairnia, Bromeliaceae
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Medium: lithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
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Published: from John Donnell Smith, "Undescribed plants from Guatemala. V. " Bot. Gaz. (Crawfordsville) 13(11): 299-300. 1888. Pl. 24.
Printmaker: Meisel, B., Boston
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Accession Number: 7662.09
Artist Name: Mez, Thea
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Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: "Phoebe amplifolia Mez et Donnell Smith"
Taxon:
Phoebe, Lauraceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 27
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Published: from "Botanical Gazette 1894" (t.l.), ''Plate XXIV'' (t.r.).
Printmaker: Meisel, B., Boston
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Accession Number: 7662.10
Artist Name: Faxon, Charles Edward
Life Span: (1846-1918)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: "Pereziopsis donnell-smithii Coult."
Taxon:
Pereziopsis, Asteraceae alt. Compositae
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Medium: lithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 24.5
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Published: from John M. Coulter "New and noteworthy compositae from Guatemala." Bot. Gaz. (Crawfordsville) 20(2): 41-53. 1895. Pl. 6.
Printmaker: Meisel, B., Boston
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Accession Number: 7662.11
Artist Name: Smith, Worthington George
Life Span: (1835-1917)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: "Passiflora porphyretica"
Taxon:
Passiflora, Passifloraceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
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Published: "Botanicalk Gdazette, 1895" (t.l.), "Plate XXXVI" (t.r.)
Printmaker: Meisel, B., Boston
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