Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 8548
Artist Name: Gardner, Sue Cecilia (Mrs. David)
Life Span: (1939-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: Tillandsia gymnobotrya
Taxon:
Tillandsia gymnobotrya Baker, Bromeliaceae
Description:
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 58 x 42.5
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Signature: S. Gardner (b.c.)
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Accession Number: 8549.01
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Title: Poko [Pokok] hamnain
Taxon: Cynometra cauliflora Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
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Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
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Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.02
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Title: Poko Lada, Pepper Plant/vine
Taxon: Piper nigrum Linnaeus, Piperaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
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Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
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Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.03
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Title: Poko Manga, Dodal Mangoe
Taxon: Mangifera indica Linnaeus, Anacardiaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
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Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
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Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.04
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa
Title: Buah hanas or Annanas Pine Apple
Taxon: Ananas comosus (Linnaeus) Merrill, Bromeliaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
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Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.05
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: Annanas Europa, Varigated Pine
Taxon: Ananas comosus (Linnaeus) Merrill, Bromeliaceae
Description: variegated leaf form
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
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Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
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Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.06
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Title: Poko viadan
Taxon: Camellia sinensis (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Theaceae
Description: common tea plant
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
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Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
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Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.07
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Title: Poko Tampoey
Taxon: Baccaurea macrocarpa (Miquel) Müller Argoviensis, Euphorbiaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
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Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.08
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa
Title: Boonga [Bunga] Boonga Kapas Nuntu
Taxon: Gossypium Linnaeus, Malvaceae
Description: cotton
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
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Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.09
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa
Title: Buah Gungha, Jack Fruit [Nangka]
Taxon: Artocarpus heterophyllus Lamarck, Moraceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
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Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.10
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: Buah Chumpada a Species of Jack Fruit [Cempedak]
Taxon: Artocarpus heterophyllus Lamarck, Moraceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
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Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.11
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: Buah Jamboo Mumich, Cachu nut, Monkey Guava
Taxon: Anacardium occidentale Linnaeus, Anacardiaceae
Description: cashew nut tree
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
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Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.12
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Title: Bunga Pala, Mace, nutmeg in shell, Buah Pala, Nutmeg
Taxon: Myristica fragrans Houttuyn, Myristicaceae
Description: nutmeg
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
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Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.13
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: Bunga Buah Penang, Flower of the Betel Nut; Poho Penang, Betel Nut Tree; Buah Penang Bla, A split Betel Nut; A Bunch of Betel Nuts
Taxon: Areca catechu Linnaeus, Arecaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]; Bla=Belah=split
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Accession Number: 8549.14
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Title: Buah Dookoo
Taxon: Lansium domesticum var. pubescens Koorders and Valet, Meliaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.15
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: Poko Paku Louh
Taxon: Metroxylon sagu Rottbøll, Arecaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.16
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: Poko Jamboo buanua, Rose Apple
Taxon: Syzygium jambos (Linnaeus) Alston, Myrtaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.17
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: Pulusan, Poko Pulassan Pulapan
Taxon: Nephelium mutabile Blume, Sapindaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]; “the Pulusan” “like a Rambutan” according to Dr. Richard Naskali
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Accession Number: 8549.18
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Title: Poko Lancet
Taxon: Dimocarpus longan Louriero, Sapindaceae
Description: Lychee, Litchi, or Litchee?
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]; Poko Lanceh (Pokok Laycee, Lychee?]
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Accession Number: 8549.19
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: A Bunch of Plantains, Blossom, Poko Pesang, Plantain
Taxon: Musa x paradisiaca Linnaeus, Musaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.20
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: Buah Rambotan, Hairy Fruit, “Rambootan”
Taxon: Nephelium lappaceum Linnaeus, Sapidaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.21
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: Poko Pesang Hudang, Red Plantain (prawn/
Taxon: Musa Linnaeus, Musaceae [cultivar]
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]; Hudang=shrimp
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Accession Number: 8549.22
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
Gender:
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: Poko Kayu Krangie[?], Romania (krangee valuable timber)
Taxon: Dialium cochinchinense Pierre, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.23
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span:
Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
Gender:
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title:
Taxon: Mangifera indica? Linnaeus, Anacardiaceae
Description: type of mango?
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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Accession Number: 8549.24
Artist Name: Unknown
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Nationality: Malaysia? or China?
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Copyright: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
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Title: Buah Kachappie
Taxon: Flacourtia rukam Zollinger and Moritzi, Flacourtiaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 48 cm
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: ?1837-1851
Place of Execution: Singapore?
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Joseph Balestier (1788-1816) album of Malaysian plants; Verso of accompanying calling card of Mrs. Henry Wolcott Balestier with hand-written note: “Book was drawn & painted by Free Hand Native of East India about 85 years. 1924” [ca.1839?]
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