Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 8583.053
Artist Name: Cooke, George
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Title: Diosma amoena
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Published: from Conrad Loddiges, Bot. Cab. 2: 1818. Pl. 161
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Accession Number: 8583.054
Artist Name: Loddiges, George
Life Span: 1786–1846
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Erica erosa
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Published: from Conrad Loddiges, Bot. Cab. 2: 1818. Pl. 133
Printmaker: George Cooke
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Accession Number: 8583.055
Artist Name: Loddiges, George
Life Span: 1786–1846
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Cyclamen coum
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Published: from Conrad Loddiges, Bot. Cab. 2: 1818. Pl. 108
Printmaker: George Cooke
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Accession Number: 8583.056
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Elichrysum proliferum
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Published: from Conrad Loddiges, Bot. Cab. 1: 1817. Pl. 8
Printmaker: George Cooke
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Accession Number: 8583.057
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Magnolia glauca
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Published: from Conrad Loddiges, Bot. Cab. 3: 1818. Pl. 215
Printmaker: George Cooke
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Accession Number: 8583.058
Artist Name: Loddiges, George
Life Span: 1786–1846
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Erica parmentierii
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Published: from Conrad Loddiges, Bot. Cab. 2: 1818. Pl. 197
Printmaker: George Cooke
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Accession Number: 8583.059
Artist Name: Loddiges, George
Life Span: 1786–1846
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Mahernia grandiflora
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Published: from Conrad Loddiges, Bot. Cab. 3: 1818. Pl. 293
Printmaker: George Cooke
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Accession Number: 8583.060
Artist Name: Loddiges, George
Life Span: 1786–1846
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Bletia Tankervilliae
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Published: from Conrad Loddiges, Bot. Cab. 1: 1817. Pl. 20
Printmaker: George Cooke
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Accession Number: 8583.061
Artist Name: Loddiges, George
Life Span: 1786–1846
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Neottia picta
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Published: from Conrad Loddiges, Bot. Cab. 3: 1818. Pl. 214
Printmaker: George Cooke
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Accession Number: 8583.062
Artist Name: Loddiges, George
Life Span: 1786–1846
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Stapelia barbata
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Published: from Conrad Loddiges, Bot. Cab. 3: 1818. Pl. 225
Printmaker: George Cooke
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Accession Number: 8583.063
Artist Name: Loddiges, George
Life Span: 1786–1846
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Begonia suaveolens
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Published: from Conrad Loddiges, Bot. Cab. 1: 1817. Pl. 69
Printmaker: George Cooke
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Accession Number: 8583.064
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
Life Span: 1769?–1819
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Nymphaea caerulea, Blue Water-Lily
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Published: Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (London, Academic Press, 1801–1803, v. 15, fig. 552)
Printmaker: F. Sansom
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Accession Number: 8583.065
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
Life Span: 1769?–1819
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Rhododendron ponticum, Purple Rhododendron
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Published: Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (London, Academic Press, 1803, v. 17–18, fig. 650)
Printmaker: F. Sansom
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Accession Number: 8583.066
Artist Name: unknown
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Title: Pelargonium incarnatum
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Published: Sweet, R. and J. Ridgway. 1826–1828. Geraniaceae : the natural order of gerania, illustrated by coloured figures and descriptions, comprising the numerous and beautiful mule-varieties cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain… London: Printed for James Ridgway, Piccadilly. Vol. 4. Pl. 308.
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Accession Number: 8583.067
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: 1772-1846
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Title: Red flowering Maple, Acer rubrum
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Published: Michaux, F. A. 1817–1819. The North American Sylva: or, a Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia. 3 vols. Paris: C. d’Hautel. Vol. 1. Pl. 41. Also: Michaux, F. A. The North American Sylva. 1853. Philadelphia: Robert P. Smith. Vol. 1, Pl. 41
Printmaker: Gabriel
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Accession Number: 8583.068
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: 1772-1846
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Title: Sycamore, Acer pseudo-platanus; Norway Maple, Acer platanoides
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Published: Michaux, F. A. 1817–1819. The North American Sylva: or, a Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia. 3 vols. Paris: C. d’Hautel. Vol. 1. Pl. 44. Also: Michaux, F. A. The North American Sylva. 1853. Philadelphia: Robert P. Smith. Vol. 1, Pl. 44
Printmaker: Gabriel
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Accession Number: 8583.069
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: 1772-1846
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Title: Canoe Birch, Betula papyracea
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Published: Michaux, F. A. 1817–1819. The North American Sylva: or, a Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia. 3 vols. Paris: C. d’Hautel. Vol. 2. Pl. 69. Also: Michaux, F. A. The North American Sylva. 1853. Philadelphia: Robert P. Smith. Vol. 2, Pl. 69.
Printmaker: Gabriel
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Accession Number: 8583.070
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: 1772-1846
Nationality: France
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Title: Rose flowering Locust, Robinia viscosa
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Published: Michaux, F. A. 1817–1819. The North American Sylva: or, a Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia. 3 vols. Paris: C. d’Hautel. Vol. 2. Pl. 77. Also: Michaux, F. A. The North American Sylva. 1853. Philadelphia: Robert P. Smith. Vol. 2, Pl. 77
Printmaker: Gabriel
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Accession Number: 8583.071
Artist Name: unknown
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Title: 1. Catleugh’s Compte de Paris; 2. Gaines’s Warrior
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Dimensions (cm): 22.1 x 13.6
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Published: 1840–1848. The Florist’s Journal. London: How & Parsons. 1842. Vol. 3, Pl. 29
Printmaker: Alfred Adlard
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Accession Number: 8583.072
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
Life Span: 1769?–1819
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Azalea calendulacea (β.) Crocea, Orange-colored Azalea
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Published: Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (London, Academic Press, 1815, v. 41, fig. 1721)
Printmaker: Alfred Adlard
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Accession Number: 8583.073
Artist Name: Smith, E.D.
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Title: Claytonia grandiflora, Large-flowered Claytonia
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Published: Sweet, R.1823–1829. The British flower garden : containing coloured figures & descriptions of the most ornamental & curious hardy herbaceous plants ... 3 Vols. (London, published for author by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1823–1829.) Vol. 3, pl. 216
Printmaker: Weddell
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Accession Number: 8583.074
Artist Name: Smith, E.D.
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Title: Ovieda anceps
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Published: Sweet, R., Don, D., Lindley, J. (1852-54). The ornamental flower garden and shrubbery: containing coloured figures and descriptions of the most beautiful and curious flowering plants and shrubs cultivated in Great Britain. London: G. Willis. Pl. 244.
Printmaker: Weddell
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Accession Number: 8583.075
Artist Name: Holden, Samuel
Life Span: fl.1834–1849
Nationality: England
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Title: Hibiscus splendens
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Date of Execution: 1836
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Published: Paxton, J. 1837. Paxton’s magazine of botany, and register of flowering plants. London: Orr and Smith. Vol. 3, p. 147.
Printmaker: Smith
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Accession Number: 8583.076
Artist Name: Holden, Samuel
Life Span: fl.1834–1849
Nationality: England
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Title: Batatas bonariensis
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Published: Paxton, J. 1841. Paxton’s magazine of botany, and register of flowering plants. London: Orr and Smith. Vol. 8, p. 25.
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Accession Number: 8583.077
Artist Name: Andrews, Jas.
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Title: Azaleas: 1. Perfection; 2. Distinction
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