Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 8583.078
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
Life Span: 1769?-1819
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Sabbatia calycosa, Dichotomous Sabbatia
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Dimensions (cm): 23.3 x 14.1
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Date of Execution: 1813
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Published: Curtis, T. 1814. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. London. Vol. 39. Pl. 1600
Printmaker: Sansom
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Accession Number: 8583.079
Artist Name: Smith, E.D.
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Title: Pelargonium Broughtoniae, Lady Broughton’s Stork’s-bill
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Date of Execution: 1823
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Published: Ridgway, J. 1822-1824. 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… Piccadilly. Oct. 1, 1823, Pl. 181.
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Accession Number: 8583.080
Artist Name: unknown
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Title: Tropaeolum minus, Small Tropaeolum, or Indian-Cress
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Date of Execution: 1789
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Published: Curtis, T. 1790-1791. The Botanical magazine, or, Flower-garden displayed... Lambeth Marsh. Vol. 3. Pl. 98
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Accession Number: 8583.081
Artist Name: Smith, E.D.
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Title: Jenkinsonia pendula, Pendulous-branched Jenkinsonia
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Date of Execution: 1823
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Published: Ridgway, J. 1822-1824. 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… Piccadilly. Oct. 1, 1823, Pl. 188.
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Accession Number: 8583.082
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
Life Span: 1769?–1819
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Moraea edulis, Yellow Esculent-Rooted Moraea
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Date of Execution: 1809
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Published: Curtis, T. 1810. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. London. Vol. 31. Pl. 1238
Printmaker: Sansom
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Accession Number: 8583.083
Artist Name: unknown
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Title: Arnica montana, Mountain arnica, or Leopard’s-Bane
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Published: Curtis, T. 1810. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. London. Vol. 31. Pl. 1238
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Accession Number: 8583.084
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
Life Span: 1769?–1819
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Moraea Papilionacea, Dwarf Moraea
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Published: Curtis, T. 1803-1804. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. London. Vol. 19. Pl. 750
Printmaker: Sansom
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Accession Number: 8583.085
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Title: Dianthus virginea, Virgin Pink
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Published: Curtis, T. 1815. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. London. Vol. 42. Pl. 1740
Printmaker: Weddell
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Accession Number: 8583.086
Artist Name: unknwon
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Title: Turnera Angustifolia, Narrow-Leav’d Turnera
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Published: Curtis, T. 1794. The Botanical magazine, or, Flower-garden displayed… London. Vol. 8. Pl. 281
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Accession Number: 8583.087
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
Life Span: 1769?–1819
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Ixia Grandiflora, Velvet-Flowered Ixia
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Dimensions (cm): 23.3 x 13.9
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Published: Curtis, T. 1801–1803. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. London. Vol. 15. Pl. 541
Printmaker: Sansom
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Accession Number: 8583.088
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
Life Span: 1769?–1819
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Babiana Spathacea, Stiff-Leaved Babiana
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Published: Curtis, T. 1803. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. London. Vol. 17. Pl. 638
Printmaker: Sansom
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Accession Number: 8583.089
Artist Name: Smith, E.D.
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Title: Pelargonium mirabile, Admirable Stork’s-bill
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Published: Ridgway, J. 1828–1830. 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: James Ridgeway, Piccadilly. Vol. 5, Pl. 57
Printmaker: Watts
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Accession Number: 8583.090
Artist Name: unknown
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Title: Solanum dulcamara Bitter sweet
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Published: Bigelow, J. 1817. American medical botany. Vol. 1, t. 18.
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Accession Number: 8583.091
Artist Name: Sowerby, James
Life Span: 1757-1822
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Muscari racemosum
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Dimensions (cm): 21.9 x 13.4
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Published: A version of this plate was published in Smith, J. E. 1808. English botany; or, coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth. To which will be added, occasional remarks. London: R. Taylor and Co. Vol. 27, Pl. 1931 as Hyacinthus racemosus, Starch Hyacinth; A version of this plate was published in Sowerby, J. 1869. English botany, or, Coloured figures of British plants. London: R. Hardwicke. Vol. 9, Pl. MDXXIX as Muscari racemosum, Starch Hyacinth
Printmaker: Sowerby, James
Notes: Several versions of this plate have been published with slight variation in plant name, addition or subtraction of a leaf, and placement of details; all have differing plate numbers and the version with all of this plate’s information has not yet been identified
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Accession Number: 8583.092
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Title: Duranta Ellisia, Prickly Duranta
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Published: Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. London: Academic Press. 1815. Vol. 42, Pl. 1759
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Accession Number: 8583.093
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Title: Tigridia violacea, The violet Tigridia
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Published: Loudon, Jane. 1842. The ladie’s magazine of gardening. London: William Smith. Pl. 10
Printmaker: Bradbury & Evans
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Accession Number: 8583.094
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Title: 1, 2. Anemone cernia, The gold haired Anemone; 3, 4. Anemone japonica, The Japan Anemone
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Published: Loudon, Jane. 1842. The ladie’s magazine of gardening. London: William Smith. Pl. 2
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Accession Number: 8583.095
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Title: 1. Common Yellow Melilot; 2. Starry-headed Trefoil; 3. Common Bird’s-foot Trefoil; 4. Greater Bird’s-foot Trefoil; 5. Lucerne; 6. The Heart-Medick or Claver
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Dimensions (cm): 27.4 x 21.1
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Published: Loudon, Jane. 1846. British wild flowers. London: William Smith. Pl. 28
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Accession Number: 8583.096
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Title: Ixia Tricolor, Three-Coloured Ixia
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Published: Curtis, W. 1796. The Botanical magazine, or, Flower-garden displayed… Vol. 10, Pl. 331
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Accession Number: 8583.097
Artist Name: Sowerby, J.
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Title: Lilium bulbiferum, Orange Lily
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Published: Curtis, W. 1787–1790. The Botanical magazine, or, Flower-garden displayed… Vol. 1, Pl. 36.
Printmaker: Sowerby, J.
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Accession Number: 8583.098
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Title: Pompilus rufipes; Chironia centaurium (Common Centaury)
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Published: Curtis, J. 1823–1840. British Entomology. Vol. 4, Pl. 238.
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Accession Number: 8583.099
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Title: Telephorus cyaneus; Primula farinosa (Mountain Auricula)
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Published: Curtis, J. 1823–1840. British Entomology. Vol. 2, Pl. 215.
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Accession Number: 8583.100
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Title: Rhamphomyia pennata; Bellis perennis (Common Daisy)
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Published: Curtis, J. 1823–1840. British Entomology. Vol. 8, Pl. 517.
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Accession Number: 8583.101
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Title: Phthiria pulicaria; Convolvulus soldanella (Sea Bindweed)
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Published: Curtis, J. 1823–1840. British Entomology. Vol. 8, Pl. 521
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Accession Number: 8583.102
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Title: Campanula rapunculoides, Rapunzelartige glockenblum
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Published: Vietz, Ferdinand Bernhard [VerfasserIn]; Kerndl, J. L. 1817. Abbildungen aller medizinisch-ökonomisch-technologischen Gewächse mit der Beschreibung ihres Nutzens und Gebrauches: Bryonia - Cucubalus. Wien: Schrämbl. Taf. 362–450. Tab. 372 b.
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