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Accession Number: 8583.153
Artist Name: Sowerby, James
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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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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.
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Accession Number: 8583.154
Artist Name: I. R.
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Gentiana Pnerumonanthe. Marsh Gentian
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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
Printmaker: S. Mathews
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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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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.
Printmaker: S. Mathews
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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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Published: Curtis, William. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1840–1841. London. Vol. 67, Ser. 2:V.14, Pl. 3846.
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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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.
Printmaker: Watts
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Accession Number: 8583.158
Artist Name: Curtis, John
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Hemerobius Fimbriatus; Betonica officinalis (Wood Betony)
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Description: Primarily non-botanical
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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
Life Span: (1769?-1819)
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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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Published: Curtis, William. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1803. London. Vol. 16, Pl. 575.
Printmaker: Sansom
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Accession Number: 8583.160
Artist Name: Curtis, John
Life Span: (1769?-1819)
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Porphyrops Wilsoni; Hydrocotyle (helosciadium Koch) inundata (Floating White-rot)
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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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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Coreopsis verticillate. Whorled Coreopsis
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Published: Curtis, William. The Botanical magazine, or, Flower-garden displayed .... 1792. London. Vol. 5, Pl. 156.
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Accession Number: 8583.162
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Fumaria cava. Hollow-Rooted Fumitory
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Published: Curtis, William. The Botanical magazine, or, Flower-garden displayed .... 1794. London. Vol. 7, Pl. 232.
Printmaker: Sansom
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Accession Number: 8583.163
Artist Name: Fitch, W.
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Brachycome iberidifolia. Candy-tuft-leaved Brachycome
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Published: Hooker, William Jackson. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1840–1841. London. Vol. 67, Ser.2:v.14, Pl. 3876.
Printmaker: Swan
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Accession Number: 8583.164
Artist Name: Gower, Charlotte and Worthington George Smith
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Bellis perennis. Common Daisy
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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.
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Accession Number: 8583.165
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: 1. Helianthus multiflorus, Perennial Sun-flower. 2. Hedysarum obscurum, Creeping-rooted Hedysarum
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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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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: 1. Willow-leaved Spiraea. 2. Common Dropwort. 3. Meadow Sweet or Queen of the Meadows
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Published: Loudon, Jane. British wild flowers. 1846. London: William Smith. Pl. 30.
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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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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.
Printmaker: Watts
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Accession Number: 8583.168
Artist Name: Smith, E.D.
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Dianthus fischeri. Fischer’s Pink
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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.
Printmaker: Weddell
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Accession Number: 8583.169
Artist Name: Edwards, S.
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Moraea spicata. Flexuose Moraea.
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Published: Curtis, William. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1810. London. Vol. 32, Pl. 1283.
Printmaker: Sansom
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Accession Number: 8583.170
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Hypoxis sobolifera. Creeping Hypoxis
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Published: Hooker, William Jackson. Curtis’s botanical magazine. 1803. London. Vol. 19, Pl. 711.
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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Published: Curtis, T. 1787–1790. The Botanical magazine, or, Flower-garden displayed... Lambeth Marsh. Vol. 1. Pl. 59.
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Accession Number: 8583.172
Artist Name: Sowerby, James
Life Span: (1757-1822)
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Title: Geranium sanguineum. Bloody cranesbill.
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Published: Sowerby, James. 1795. English botany or, coloured figures of British Plants... Vol. 4. Pl. 272.
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Accession Number: 8583.173
Artist Name: Mills
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Erica lambertiana. Mr. Lambert’s Hybrid Heath
Taxon: Erica Linnaeus, Ericaceae
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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.
Printmaker: Nevitt
Notes: Duplicate of HI Art accession no 0461
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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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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.
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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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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 méritantes, nouvellement introduites sur le continent ou en Angleterre… Vol. 9. P. 155
Printmaker: Stroobant
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Accession Number: 8583.176
Artist Name: Stroobant, L.
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Title: Pyrethrum delhyi Hortul.
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Published: Lemaire, Charles Antoine. 1855. L'Illustration horticole : journal spécial des serres et des jardins, ou choix raisonné des plantes les plus intérressantes sous le rapport ornemental, comprenant leur histoire complete…Gand: Verschaffelt. Vol. 2. Pl. 58.
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Accession Number: 8583.177
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Title: Yellow Egg
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Description: Cluster of plums on branch with leaves
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Dimensions (cm): 22 x 14
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Date of Execution: ca.1886
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Printmaker: Stecher Lithography Co., Rochester, NY
Notes: plate of “Yellow Egg” variety of plum from a late 19th century/early 20th century nurserymen’s catalog produced by Stecher, NY. Have found examples also by Stecher with same name and text but slightly different image composition
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