Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 8583.151
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Xeranthemum canescens. Elegant Xeranthemum
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Description: Pink flowers in various stage of bloom on pale stems with small leaves
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Dimensions (cm): 22 x 13.1
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Published: Curtis, William. The Botanical magazine, or, Flower-garden displayed .... 1798. London. Vol. 12, Pl. 420. (HIBD DQ2 C979)
Printmaker: Sansom
Notes: OCLC 13499676.
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Accession Number: 8583.152
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
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Title: Tagetes patula. Spreading Tagetes, or French Marigold
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Description: Yellow and red flower in full bloom attached to stem along with flower in bud
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Published: Curtis, William. The Botanical magazine, or, Flower-garden displayed .... 1792. London. Vol. 5, Pl. 150. (HIBD DQ2 C979)
Printmaker: Sansom
Notes: OCLC 13499676.
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Accession Number: 8583.153
Artist Name: Sowerby, James
Life Span: (1757-1822)
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Convolvulus soldanella. Sea Bind-weed
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Description: Purple-pink flower on stem with heart-shaped leaves; details of seed and other plant parts at bottom
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Dimensions (cm): 21.6 x 13.5
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Published: Smith, James Edward. 1796. English Botany… London. Vol. 5, Pl. 314; A version with details rearranged and added to is also published in Smith, J.E. 1866. English botany, or coloured figures of British plants, ed. 3. Vol. 6, Pl. 925. (HIBD DS210 S831E)
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Accession Number: 8583.154
Artist Name: I. R.
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Title: Gentiana Pnerumonanthe. Marsh Gentian
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Description: Three blue flowers on stem with leaves; details of flower parts at bottom
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Dimensions (cm): 21.7 x 13.4
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Published: Baxter, William. 1837. British phaenogamous botany, or, Figures and descriptions of the genera of British flowering plants. Oxford: published by the author. Vol. 3. Pl. 185. (HIBD DS210 B355B)
Printmaker: S. Mathews
Notes: OCLC 03571903.
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Accession Number: 8583.155
Artist Name: I. R.
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Epilobium angustifolium. French Willow
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Description: Depiction of red and purple flowers attached to stem with leaves, along with detailed drawing of leaf and some flower parts
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Published: Baxter, William. 1834. British phaenogamous botany, or, Figures and descriptions of the genera of British flowering plants. Oxford: published by the author. Vol. 1. Pl. 14. (HIBD DS210 B355B)
Printmaker: S. Mathews
Notes: OCLC 03571903.
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Accession Number: 8583.156
Artist Name: Fitch, W.
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Malva lateritia. Pale Red-flowered Mallow
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Description: Two fully-bloomed pink blossom with another still in bud attached to leafy stems
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Dimensions (cm): 25 x 15.7
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Published: Curtis, William. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1840–1841. London. Vol. 67, Ser. 2:V.14, Pl. 3846. (HIBD DQ2 C979)
Printmaker: Swan
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Accession Number: 8583.157
Artist Name: Smith, E. D.
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Geranium eriostemon. Hairy-stamen’d Crane’s-bill
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Description: Plant illustration including six blue flowers in full bloom, others still in bud; includes some magnified details at bottom
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Dimensions (cm): 24.6 x 15.1
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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… London: James Ridgeway, Piccadilly. Vol. 2, Pl. 197. (HIBD DT100 139 S974G)
Printmaker: Watts
Notes: OCLC 04784332.
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Accession Number: 8583.158
Artist Name: Curtis, J. [John]
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Title: Hemerobius Fimbriatus; Betonica officinalis (Wood Betony)
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Description: Primarily non-botanical; depiction of stem of plant with some flowers along with subject insect; includes magnified details of various insect parts
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Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 14.2
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Published: Curtis, J. 1829–1840. British entomology : being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. London: printed for the author. London: printed for the author. Vol. 4. Pl. 202.
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Accession Number: 8583.159
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Trichonema Cruciatum. Channel-Leaved Trichonema
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Description: Depiction of plant with single bright pink flower and several long, thin leaves
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Dimensions (cm): 23.2 x 14.2
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Published: Curtis, William. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1803. London. Vol. 16, Pl. 575. (HIBD DQ2 C979)
Printmaker: Sansom
Notes: OCLC 13499676.
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Accession Number: 8583.160
Artist Name: Curtis, J. [John]
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Title: Porphyrops Wilsoni; Hydrocotyle (helosciadium Koch) inundata (Floating White-rot)
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Description: Depiction of insect along with branch of plant; includes magnified details of various insect parts
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Published: Curtis, J. 1829–1840. British entomology : being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. London: printed for the author. London: printed for the author. Vol. 8. Pl. 541.
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Accession Number: 8583.161
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Title: Coreopsis verticillate. Whorled Coreopsis
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Description: Yellow flower attached to stem with leaves
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Published: Curtis, William. The Botanical magazine, or, Flower-garden displayed .... 1792. London. Vol. 5, Pl. 156. (HIBD DQ2 C979)
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Notes: OCLC 01643196.
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Accession Number: 8583.162
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Title: Fumaria cava. Hollow-Rooted Fumitory
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Description: Depiction of flowering plants with purple-pink-white blossoms and leaves; includes depiction of root bulb with new shoots
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Published: Curtis, William. The Botanical magazine, or, Flower-garden displayed .... 1794. London. Vol. 7, Pl. 232. (HIBD DQ2 C979)
Printmaker: Sansom
Notes: OCLC 01643196.
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Accession Number: 8583.163
Artist Name: Fitch, W.
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Title: Brachycome iberidifolia. Candy-tuft-leaved Brachycome
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Description: Depiction of plant with many stems, leaves, and purple flowers, as well as magnified details of various plant parts
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Published: Hooker, William Jackson. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1840–1841. London. Vol. 67, Ser.2:v.14, Pl. 3876. (HIBD DQ2 C979)
Printmaker: Swan
Notes: OCLC 13499676.
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Accession Number: 8583.164
Artist Name: Gower, Charlotte and Worthington George Smith
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Title: Bellis perennis. Common Daisy
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Description: Depiction of full plant, including root system, with three pink-tipped white flowers attached to hairy stems
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Published: Hogg, Robert and George Johnson. The wild flowers of Great Britain : botanically and popularly described, with copious notices of their history and uses. 1864. London. Vol. 2, Pl. 105. (HIBD DS210 H716W)
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Accession Number: 8583.165
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
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Title: 1. Helianthus multiflorus, Perennial Sun-flower. 2. Hedysarum obscurum, Creeping-rooted Hedysarum
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Description: Yellow sunflower attached to stem beside depiction of another plant with small purple blossoms as well as roots
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Dimensions (cm): 26.6 x 20.9
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Published: Dickson, R.W.and S.T. Edwards. The new botanic garden. 1812. London. Vol. 2, Pl. 32.
Printmaker: Sansom, F.
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Accession Number: 8583.166
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Title: 1. Willow-leaved Spiraea. 2. Common Dropwort. 3. Meadow Sweet or Queen of the Meadows
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Description: Comparison of three different plants with clusters of white or pink blossoms, depicted on stems with leaves
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Dimensions (cm): 27.4 x 21.1
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Published: Loudon, Jane. British wild flowers. 1846. London: William Smith. Pl. 30. (HIBD DS210 L8862B)
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Notes: OCLC 09561246.
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Accession Number: 8583.167
Artist Name: Smith, E.D.
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Pelargonium dependens. Pendent-petal’d Stork’s-bill
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Description: White, purple, and pink blossoms on stem, with another offshoot depicting flowers in bud
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Dimensions (cm): 24.4 x 15
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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. Vol. 2, Pl. 195. (HIBD DT100 139 S974G)
Printmaker: Watts
Notes: OCLC 04784332.
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Accession Number: 8583.168
Artist Name: Smith, E.D.
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Title: Dianthus fischeri. Fischer’s Pink
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Description: Five-petaled pink flowers attached to stem with magnified details of various plant parts
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Dimensions (cm): 24.3 x 14.6
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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. 245. (HIBD DQ2 S974B)
Printmaker: Weddell
Notes: OCLC 08015605.
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Accession Number: 8583.169
Artist Name: Edwards, S.
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Title: Moraea spicata. Flexuose Moraea.
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Description: Two yellow and orange flowers on stems, along with depiction of leaf blade and root bulb of plant
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Published: Curtis, William. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1810. London. Vol. 32, Pl. 1283. (HIBD DQ2 C979)
Printmaker: Sansom
Notes: OCLC 13499676.
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Accession Number: 8583.170
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
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Title: Hypoxis sobolifera. Creeping Hypoxis
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Description: Yellow flowers in various stages of bloom on stem; also displayed is leaf of the plant
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Published: Hooker, William Jackson. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1803. London. Vol. 19, Pl. 711. (HIBD DQ2 C979)
Printmaker: Sansom, F.
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Accession Number: 8583.171
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Title: Mesembryanthemum bicolorum. Two-Coloured Fig-Marigold
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Description: Three red-orange flowers on stem with leaves; stems are green at tip and turn red closer to base
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Published: Curtis, T. 1787–1790. The Botanical magazine, or, Flower-garden displayed... Lambeth Marsh. Vol. 1. Pl. 59. (HIBD DQ2 C979)
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Accession Number: 8583.172
Artist Name: Sowerby, James
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Title: Geranium sanguineum. Bloody cranesbill.
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Description: Fuschia flowers on stems with leaves; details of various plant parts included
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Published: Sowerby, James. 1795. English botany or, coloured figures of British Plants... Vol. 4. Pl. 272. (HIBD DS210 S831E)
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Accession Number: 8583.173
Artist Name: Mills
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Title: Erica lambertiana. Mr. Lambert’s Hybrid Heath
Taxon: Erica Linnaeus, Ericaceae
Description: Colored depiction of a sprig of heath with a cluster of bell-like pink flowers and evergreen needle-like leaves; additional magnified details of plant parts at bottom
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Dimensions (cm): 22.5 x 17.1
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Published: Maund, Benjamin and J.S. Henslow. 1840. The Botanist: containing accurately coloured figures of tender and hardy ornamental plants; with descriptions, scientific and popular; intended to convey both moral and intellectual gratification. London: R. Groombridge. Vol. 4. Pl. 163. (HIBD DQ2 B748)
Printmaker: Nevitt
Notes: Duplicate of HI Art accession no 0461. OCLC 07289081.
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Accession Number: 8583.174
Artist Name: Withers, Augusta Innes Baker
Life Span: 1792–1869
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Title: Fuchsia cylindraceae. Cylindrical fuchsia
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Description: Colored drawing of flowering stem in foreground with red flowers and dark, round fruits; monochromatic drawing of plant to the left side
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Dimensions (cm): 22.4 x 17.3
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Published: Maund, Benjamin and J.S. Henslow. 1840. The Botanist: containing accurately coloured figures of tender and hardy ornamental plants; with descriptions, scientific and popular; intended to convey both moral and intellectual gratification. Vol. 4. Pl. 189. (HIBD DQ2 B748)
Printmaker: Nevitt
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Accession Number: 8583.175
Artist Name: Stroobant, L.
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Title: Pyrethrum carneum Bbrst. Roseum Bbrst.
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Description: Three pink blossoms on stems with leaves
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 24.2 x 16.1
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Published: Van Houtte, Louis. 1853–1854. 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… Vol. 9. P. 155
Printmaker: Stroobant
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