Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 8184.1
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
Life Span: (1769?-1819)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Epidendrum fuscatum, Brown Epidendrum
Taxon:
Epidendrum anceps Jacquin, Orchidaceae
Description:
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 24 x 15
Image Size: 20 x 12.5
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Date of Execution: Nov. 1, 1815
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Published: Edwards, Sydenham. 1815–1828. The Botanical Register. London: James Ridgeway. Vol. 1. Pl. 67.
Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register (London: James Ridgway, 1815, v. 1, pl. 67).
Printmaker: Smith
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Accession Number: 8184.2
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
Life Span: (1769?-1819)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Epidendrum umbellatum, Umbel’d Epidendrum
Taxon:
Epidendrum caribiorum Ackerman & Acevedo-Rodríguez, Orchidaceae
Description:
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15
Image Size: 20 x 12.5
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Date of Execution: Jan. 1, 1816
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Published: Edwards, Sydenham. 1815–1828. The Botanical Register. London: James Ridgeway. Vol. 1. Pl. 80.
Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register (London: James Ridgway, 1815, v. 1, pl. 80).
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Accession Number: 8184.3
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
Life Span: (1769?-1819)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Orchis longicornu, Long-spurred Orchis
Taxon:
Orchis longicornu Poiret, Orchidaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 24 x 15.5
Image Size: 20.5 x 12.5
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Date of Execution: June 1, 1817
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Published: Edwards, Sydenham. 1815–1828. The Botanical Register. London: James Ridgeway. Vol. 3. Pl. 202.
Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register (London: James Ridgway, 1817, v. 3, pl. 202)
Printmaker: White
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Accession Number: 8184.4
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
Life Span: (1769?-1819)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Ophrys tenthredinifera, Saw-fly Ophrys
Taxon:
Ophrys tenthredinifera Willdenow, Orchidaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 24 x 15.5
Image Size: 20 x 13
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Date of Execution: June 1, 1817
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Published: Edwards, Sydenham. 1815–1828. The Botanical Register. London: James Ridgeway. Vol. 3. Pl. 205.
Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register (London: James Ridgway, 1817, v. 3, pl. 205)
Printmaker: White
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Accession Number: 8184.5
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
Life Span: (1769?-1819)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Disa bracteata, Small-flowered Disa
Taxon:
Disa bracteata Swartz, Orchidaceae
Description:
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 25 x 15.5
Image Size: 20.25 x 12.5
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Date of Execution: Nov. 1, 1818
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Published: Edwards, Sydenham. 1815–1828. The Botanical Register. London: James Ridgeway. Vol. 4. Pl. 324.
Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register (London: James Ridgway, 1818, v. 4, pl. 324)
Printmaker: Smith
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Accession Number: 8184.6
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
Life Span: (1769?-1819)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Pogonia ophioglossoides, Adder’s-tongue-leaved Pogonia
Taxon:
Pogonia ophioglossoides (Linnaeus) Ker Gawler, Orchidaceae
Description:
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 24 x 15.5
Image Size: 20.25 x 12.5
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Date of Execution: Oct. 1, 1816
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Published: Edwards, Sydenham. 1815–1828. The Botanical Register. London: James Ridgeway. Vol. 2. Pl. 148.
Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register (London: James Ridgway, 1816, v. 2, pl. 148)
Printmaker: Smith
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Accession Number: 8185
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
Life Span: (1769?-1819)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Cornus canadensis, Canadian Cornet; Cypripedium parviflorum, Yellow Ladies Slipper
Taxon:
Cornus canadensis Linnaeus, Cornaceae; Cypripedium parviflorum Salisbury, Orchidaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 14 x 23
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Date of Execution: Dec.1, 1808
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Published: Botany Pl. LVIII, London, Published by Geo. Kearsley, Fleet Street
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Accession Number: 8186.1
Artist Name: Edwards, William Henry Camden
Life Span: (ca.1773-1855)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Percecaria; Black Alder, Alnus nigra, Frangula; Adders Tongue, Ophioglossum; Agrimony, Agrimonia
Taxon:
Persicaria Miller, Polygonaceae; Alnus nigra Gilibert, Betulaceae; Ophioglossum Linnaeus, Ophioglossaceae; Agrimonia Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 21 x 12.5
Image Size: 20 x 11
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Published: John Hill, The Family Herbal … (Bungay, C. Brightly and T. Kinnersley, 1812?)
Printmaker: Edwards, William Henry Camden?
Notes: This copy, the images on plate are in reverse, pl. 1 at top right
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Accession Number: 8186.2
Artist Name: Edwards, William Henry Camden
Life Span: (ca.1773-1855)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Folston, Fool’s Stones, Satyrium sive orchis; Fluellin, Elatine; Flix Weed, Sophia chirurgorum
Taxon:
Satyrium Swartz, Orchidaceae; Elatine Linnaeus, Elatinaceae; Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl, Brassicaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 21 x 12.5
Image Size: 20 x 11
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Published: John Hill, The Family Herbal … (Bungay, C. Brightly and T. Kinnersley, 1812?)
Printmaker: Edwards, William Henry Camden?
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Accession Number: 8186.3
Artist Name: Edwards, William Henry Camden
Life Span: (ca.1773-1855)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Hemp Agrimony, Eupatorium cannabinum; Harts tongue, Phyllitis, Lingua cervina; Hemlock, Cicuta
Taxon:
Eupatorium cannabinum Linnaeus, Asteraceae alt. Compositae; Phyllitis Hill, Asplenaceae; Cicuta Linnaeus, Umbelliferae alt. Apiaceae]
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 21 x 12.5
Image Size: 20 x 12
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Published: John Hill, The Family Herbal … (Bungay, C. Brightly and T. Kinnersley, 1812?)
Printmaker: Edwards, William Henry Camden?
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Accession Number: 8186.4
Artist Name: Edwards, William Henry Camden
Life Span: (ca.1773-1855)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Cup Moss, Muscus pyxidatus; Moon Wort, Lunaria; Mother of Thyme, Serpyllum
Taxon:
Cladonia, Cladoniaceae; Botrychium Swartz, Ophioglossaceae; Serpyllum Miller, Labiatae alt. Lamiaceae],
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 21 x 12.5
Image Size: 20 x 11.5
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Published: John Hill, The Family Herbal … (Bungay, C. Brightly and T. Kinnersley, 1812?)
Printmaker: Edwards, William Henry Camden?
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Accession Number: 8186.5
Artist Name: Edwards, William Henry Camden
Life Span: (ca.1773-1855)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Spleenwort, Asplenium; Speedwell, Veronica mas
Taxon:
Asplenium Linnaeus, Aspleniaceae; Veronica Linnaeus, Scrophularaceae
Description:
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 21 x 13
Image Size: 18.5 x 11
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Published: John Hill, The Family Herbal … (Bungay, C. Brightly and T. Kinnersley, 1812?)
Printmaker: Edwards, William Henry Camden?
Notes: 36 at top left, number 4 of 46 cut off
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Accession Number: 8187.1
Artist Name: Fitch, Walter Hood
Life Span: (1817-1892)
Nationality: Scotland/England
Gender: Male
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Title: Oncidium luridum, Dingy-flowered Oncidium
Taxon:
Oncidium luridum Lindley, Orchidaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 24 x 14.5
Image Size: 20.5 x 12.5
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Date of Execution: Sept. 1, 1837
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Published: Samuel Curtis Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (London, for the author, 1837, v. 11 of new series [v. 64 of whole work], pl. 3603)
Printmaker: Swan
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Accession Number: 8187.2
Artist Name: Fitch, Walter Hood
Life Span: (1817-1892)
Nationality: Scotland/England
Gender: Male
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Title: Oncidium huntianum, Mr. Hunt’s Oncidium
Taxon:
Epidendrum carthagenense Jacquin, Orchidaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 23 x 15
Image Size: 21 x 12.5
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Date of Execution: June 1, 1840
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Published: Samuel Curtis Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (London, for the author, 1841, v. 14 of new series [v. 67 of whole work], pl. 3806)
Printmaker: Swan
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Accession Number: 8187.3
Artist Name: Fitch, Walter Hood
Life Span: (1817-1892)
Nationality: Scotland/England
Gender: Male
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Title: Govenia utriculata, Bladdery Govenia
Taxon:
Govenia utriculata Lindley, Orchidaceae
Description:
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15.5
Image Size: 21.5 x 12.5
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Date of Execution: April 1, 1845
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Published: Sir William Jackson Hooker Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (London, Reeve, Brothers, 1845, v. 1 of the third series [v. 71 of whole work], pl. 4151)
Printmaker: Swan
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Accession Number: 8187.4
Artist Name: Fitch, Walter Hood
Life Span: (1817-1892)
Nationality: Scotland/England
Gender: Male
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Title: Epidendrum longicolle, Long-necked Epidendrum
Taxon:
Epidendrum longicolle Lindley, Orchidaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15
Image Size: 21 x 12.5
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Date of Execution: June 1, 1845
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Published: Sir William Jackson Hooker Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (London, Reeve, Brothers, 1845, v. 1 of the third series [v. 71 of whole work], pl. 4151)
Printmaker: Swan
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Accession Number: 8187.5
Artist Name: Fitch, Walter Hood
Life Span: (1817-1892)
Nationality: Scotland/England
Gender: Male
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Title: Spiranthes cernua, Drooping-flower Spiranthes
Taxon:
Spiranthes cernua (Linnaeus) Richard, Orchidaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15
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Published: Sir William Jackson Hooker Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (London, Lovell Reeve & Co., 1861, v. 17, 3rd series [v. 87 whole work], pl. 5277)
Printmaker: Walter Hood Fitch
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Accession Number: 8187.6
Artist Name: Fitch, Walter Hood
Life Span: (1817-1892)
Nationality: Scotland/England
Gender: Male
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Title: Cypripedium candidum
Taxon:
Cypripedium candidum Muhlenberg ex Willdenow, Orchidaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 24 x 15
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Published: Joseph Dalton Hooker Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (London, Reeve & Co., 1870, v. 26, 3rd series [v. 96 of whole work], pl. 5855).
Printmaker: Walter Hood Fitch
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Accession Number: 8188
Artist Name: Guérin, Mme.
Life Span: fl.ca.1837
Nationality: Scotland/England
Gender: Female
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Title: Orchidées
Taxon:
Orchidaceae
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Medium: stipple engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 20.5 x 12
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Published: Arsenne Thiébaut de Berneaud Traité élémentaire de botanique et de physiologie végétale: ou, Simples études sur les divers phénomènes que présentent les plantes (Paris: Ve Legras, Imbert et Cie, …1837, Botanique, pl. 29)
Printmaker: Victor
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Accession Number: 8189
Artist Name: Descourtilz, J. Théodore
Life Span: fl. ca.1821–1829
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Title: Angrec en Coquille
Taxon:
Epidendrum cochleatum Linnaeus, Orchidaceae
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Medium: stipple engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 20.5 x 12.5
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Published: M. E. Descourtilz, Flore [Pittoresque et] Médicale des Antilles (Paris, Pichard, Mme veuve Richard, Gauthier, autheur, 1821-1829, vol. 6, pl. 440 (1828)
Printmaker: Pérée
Notes: #23 written in ink above printed plate # 440.
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Accession Number: 8190.01
Artist Name: Hart, (Miss)
Life Span: fl.ca.1820–1829
Nationality: England ?
Gender: Female
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Title: Neottia orchioides, Jamaica Neottia
Taxon:
Neottia orchioides Swartz, Orchidaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 14.5
Image Size: 20.5 x 12.5
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Date of Execution: April 1, 1825
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Published: Sydenham Edwards, The Botanical Register (London: James Ridgway, 1823, v. 9, pl. 701)
Printmaker: J. Watts
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Accession Number: 8190.02
Artist Name: Hart, (Miss)
Life Span: fl.ca.1820–1829
Nationality: England ?
Gender: Female
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Title: Oncidium luridum, Mr. Griffin’s Oncidium
Taxon:
Oncidium luridum Lindley, Orchidaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15
Image Size: 20.5 x 12.5
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Date of Execution: August 1, 1823
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Published: Sydenham Edwards, The Botanical Register (London: James Ridgway, 1823, v. 9, pl. 727)
Printmaker: J. Watts
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Accession Number: 8190.03
Artist Name: Hart, (Miss)
Life Span: fl.ca.1820–1829
Nationality: England ?
Gender: Female
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Title: Spiranthes cernua, Nodding Lady’s Traces
Taxon:
Spiranthes cernua (Linnaeus) Richard, Orchidaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15
Image Size: 20.5 x 12.5
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Date of Execution: August 1, 1824
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Published: Sydenham Edwards, The Botanical Register (London: James Ridgway, 1824, v. 10, pl. 823)
Printmaker: J. Watts
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Accession Number: 8190.04
Artist Name: Hart, (Miss)
Life Span: fl.ca.1820–1829
Nationality: England ?
Gender: Female
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Title: Liparis foliosa, Many-leaved Liparis
Taxon:
Liparis foliosa Lindley, Orchidaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 25 x 15.5
Image Size: 20 x 12.5
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Date of Execution: April 1, 1825
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Published: Sydenham Edwards, The Botanical Register (London: James Ridgway, 1825, v. 11, p. 882)
Printmaker: J. Watts
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Accession Number: 8190.05
Artist Name: Hart, (Miss)
Life Span: fl.ca.1820–1829
Nationality: England ?
Gender: Female
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Title: Ophrys atrata, Dark-lipped Ophrys
Taxon:
Ophrys atrata Linnaeus, Orchidaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15
Image Size: 20.5 x 12.5
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Date of Execution: Aug. 1, 1827
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Published: Sydenham Edwards, The Botanical Register (London: James Ridgway, 1827, v. 13, pl. 1087) (Horwitz, 388)
Printmaker: J. Watts
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