Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 8583.126
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Cassia corymbosa; Corymbous cassia
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Description: Several clusters of yellow flowers, mostly in bloom with some still in bud, attached to stems and branch with leaves.
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Published: Curtis, William. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1803. London. Vol. 17, Pl. 633. HIBD DQ2 C979.
Printmaker: Sansom
Notes: OCLC 13499676.
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Accession Number: 8583.127
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Jacquinia aurantiaca; Orange-flowered Jacquinia
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Description: Cluster of orange, many-petaled flowers in various stages of bloom attached to leafy stem.
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Dimensions (cm): 23.2 x 14
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Published: Curtis, William. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1814. London. Vol. 40, Pl. 1639. HIBD DQ2 C979.
Printmaker: Sansom
Notes: OCLC 13499676.
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Accession Number: 8583.128
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
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Title: Melanthium spicatum; Star-Flowered Melanthium
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Description: Depiction of stem with three long thin leaves that are green but turn yellow at tips; in center is cluster of star-shaped flowers in dark burgundy
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Published: Curtis, William. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1803. London. Vol. 19, Pl. 694. HIBD DQ2 C979.
Printmaker: Sansom
Notes: OCLC 13499676.
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Accession Number: 8583.129
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
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Title: Lobelia bicolor; Spotted Lobelia
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Description: Depiction of flowering stems of plant with many leaves, the larger of which turn red at the edge; flowers are blue but become white at center and feature three larger petals along the bottom and two smaller, thinner ones at top.
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Published: Curtis, William. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1801. London. Vol. 15, Pl. 514. HIBD DQ2 C979.
Printmaker: Sansom
Notes: OCLC 13499676.
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Accession Number: 8583.130
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
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Title: Ixia bicolor; Ringent Ixia
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Description: Four predominantly yellow flowers with pale purple hoods attached to long stem with leaves at base.
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Published: Curtis, William. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1801. London. Vol. 15, Pl. 548. HIBD DQ2 C979.
Printmaker: Sansom
Notes: OCLC 13499676.
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Accession Number: 8583.131
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Pansies; La Superbe, Argo, Grand Duke of Russia
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Description: Three pansies on stems; each pansy is a different variety, predominantly yellow with two variations including more black/purple.
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 21.3 x 13
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Published: 1840. Florist’s Journal. London: How and Parsons. Vol. 1, No. 2, Pl. 7.
Printmaker: Alfred Adlard
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Accession Number: 8583.132
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Title: Achimenes longiflora
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Description: Two blue flowers attached to stem with leaves; both stem and leaves are covered in hair.
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Published: 1842. Florist’s Journal. London: How and Parsons. Vol. 3, No. 9, Pl. 33
Printmaker: Alfred Adlard
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Accession Number: 8583.133
Artist Name: Saunders, (Miss)
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Title: Bellis perennis; Common Daisy
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Description: Depiction of entire plant, including root system, with magnified details of various plant parts along bottom of illustration; plant has several flowers that are pale pink and grow darker at petal tips.
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Dimensions (cm): 21.7 x 13.4
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Published: Baxter, W. 1834. British phaenogamous botany. Vol 1., Pl. 44. HIBD DS210 B355B.
Printmaker: C. Mathews
Notes: OCLC 03571903.
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Accession Number: 8583.134
Artist Name: Smith, W. G.
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Hypericum calycinum-Large flowered Tutsan
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Description: Single yellow flower with five petals on stem with leaves.
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Dimensions (cm): 22.3 x 14.1
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Published: Hogg, Robert and George William Johnson. 1866. Wild Flowers of Great Britain. Vol 3, Pl. 177. HIBD DS210 H716W.
Printmaker: W. G. Smith
Notes: OCLC 08696473.
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Accession Number: 8583.135
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
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Title: Veronica multifida; Fine-cut Speedwell
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Description: Cluster of blue flowers with four petals on stem with many small thin leaves.
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Published: Curtis, William. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1814. London. Vol. 40, Pl. 1679. HIBD DQ2 C979.
Printmaker: Sansom
Notes: OCLC 13499676.
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Accession Number: 8583.136
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Watsonia plantaginea; Small-flowered Watsonia
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Description: Depiction of flowering stem of plant with leaves as well; blue flowers blooming in conical cluster to apex of stem with some pink specks
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Dimensions (cm): 23.6 x 13.6
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Published: Curtis, William. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1803. London. Vol. 16, Pl. 553. HIBD DQ2 C979.
Printmaker: Sansom
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Accession Number: 8583.137
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Canarina campanula Lin fil. Iles canaries. Serre temperée
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Description: Three yellow-orange flowers with red striations on pale green stem with leaves.
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 24.7 x 16.3
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Published: Van Houtte, Louis. 1856. Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe :ou descriptions et figures des plantes les plus rares et les plus meÌritantes, nouvellement introduites sur le continent ou en Angleterre… Gand, Belgium. Vol. 11. P. 57.
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Accession Number: 8583.138
Artist Name: Holden, Samuel
Life Span: (fl.1834–1849)
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Title: Chironia trinervis
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Description: Several pale pink-purple flowers in various stages of bloom with central flower in full bloom facing the viewer showing much darker inner coloration of dark purples; each flower has five petals; attached to stems with leaves.
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Dimensions (cm): 24.5 x 17
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Published: Paxton, Joseph. 1837. Paxton’s magazine of botany, and register of flowering plants. London: Orr and Smith. Vol. 3, P. 149. HIBD DQ2 P342.
Printmaker: Smith
Notes: OCLC 04871213.
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Accession Number: 8583.139
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Tydaea eeckhauti (Hybr.) Gendbrugge. Serre chaude
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Description: Depiction of branch with large dark green heart-shaped leaves and some flowers, two of which in full bloom; flowers are predominantly red with yellow coloring on inside of petals; entire plant is covered with small hairs.
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Published: Van Houtte, Louis. 1857. Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe :ou descriptions et figures des plantes les plus rares et les plus meÌritantes, nouvellement introduites sur le continent ou en Angleterre… Gand, Belgium. Vol. 12. P. 17.
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Accession Number: 8583.140
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
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Title: Nymphaea nitida. Cup-flowered Water-lily
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Description: Depiction of white water lily in front of large green leaf; in background is monochromatic drawing of root structure.
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Dimensions (cm): 23.2 x 13.9
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Published: Curtis, William. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1811. London. Vol. 33, Pl. 1359. HIBD DQ2 C979.
Printmaker: Sansom
Notes: OCLC 13499676.
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Accession Number: 8583.141
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Vaccinium crassifolium. Thick-Leaved Whortle-Berry
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Description: Red-brown branch with flowers and many green leaves with paler undersides; flowers bloom in clusters and have white and pink petals.
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Published: Curtis, William. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1809. London. Vol. 29, Pl. 1152. HIBD DQ2 C979.
Printmaker: Sansom
Notes: OCLC 13499676.
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Accession Number: 8583.142
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Capsicum bicolor. Dark-fruited Capsicum
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Description: Reddish-green branch with leaves and several flowers in various stages of bloom; flowers in full bloom have dark fuschia or red tips that fade to white at center.
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Published: Curtis, William. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1815–1816. London. Vol. 43, Pl. 1835. HIBD DQ2 C979.
Printmaker: Sansom
Notes: OCLC 13499676.
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Accession Number: 8583.143
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Phyteuma Campanuloides. Three-Flowered Phyteuma
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Description: Two stems, the one in central focus depicting many purple-blue flowers in various states of bloom with several thin petals, and the other being a small cutting displaying several green leaves.
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Published: Curtis, William. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1807. London. Vol. 26, Pl. 1015. HIBD DQ2 C979.
Printmaker: Sansom
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Accession Number: 8583.144
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Title: Arum Trilobatum. Three-Lobed Arum
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Description: Stem of arum with two yellow flowers, one in full bloom and the other still in bud; leaves still attached to stem.
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Published: Curtis, William. The Botanical magazine, or, Flower-garden displayed ..... 1796. London. Vol. 10, Pl. 338. HIBD DQ2 C979.
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Notes: OCLC 01643196.
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Accession Number: 8583.145
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
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Title: Melanthium Uniflorum. Yellow Melanthium
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Description: Two yellow flowers on a single stem with long green leaves.
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Published: Curtis, William. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1804. London. Vol. 20, Pl. 767. HIBD DQ2 C979.
Printmaker: Sansom
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Accession Number: 8583.146
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Title: Elichrysum splendens. Shining Elichrysum
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Description: Several yellow flowers, one in full bloom and others in bud, on pale green stems with small pointed leaves.
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Published: Curtis, William. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1815–1816. London. Vol. 43, Pl. 1773. HIBD DQ2 C979.
Printmaker: Weddell
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Accession Number: 8583.147
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Title: Cistus sampsucifolius. Rough Dwarf-Cistus
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Description: Depiction of plant with five-petaled yellow flowers in various stages of bloom attached to stem with leaves; both stem and leaves are somewhat fuzzy/hairy.
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Published: Curtis, William. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1815–1816. London. Vol. 43, Pl. 1803. HIBD DQ2 C979.
Printmaker: Weddell
Notes: OCLC 01643196.
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Accession Number: 8583.148
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Title: Kalmia Latifolia. Broad-Leav’d Kalmia
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Description: Several pink flowers with darker pink spots and striations attached to stems, attached to branch with several long leaves.
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Published: Curtis, William. The Botanical magazine, or, Flower-garden displayed .... 1792. London. Vol. 5, Pl. 175. HIBD DQ2 C979.
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Accession Number: 8583.149
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
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Title: Rhododendron chamaecistus, Thyme-Leaved Rhododendron
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Description: Depiction of entire plant including root system; several pink five-petaled flowers on reddish brown stems with small green leaves.
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Published: Curtis, William. The Botanical magazine, or, Flower-garden displayed .... 1800. London. Vol. 14, Pl. 488. HIBD DQ2 C979.
Printmaker: Sansom
Notes: OCLC 01643196.
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Accession Number: 8583.150
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Title: Cypripedium acaula. Two-Leaved Lady’s Slipper
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Description: Image of single flower that forms a cup with two pink or fuschia colored petals; upper petals more slender and gray or green in color; flower on stem with long dark green leaves.
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Published: Curtis, William. The Botanical magazine, or, Flower-garden displayed .... 1793. London. Vol. 6, Pl. 192. HIBD DQ2 C979.
Printmaker: Sansom
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