Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 8588.007
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Nationality: United States
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Title: The Summer [missing] Apple
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
Description: Single round fruit with red skin and some yellow, still attached to branch with leaves
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 22.2 x 15.1
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.008
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Taxon: Nicotiana tabacum Linnaeus, Solanaceae
Description: Colored depiction of flowers and leaves with magnified details of various plant parts
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 25.7 x 20.5
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Printmaker: Lith. Anst. v. C. Schach in Stuttgart 1844
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.009
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Nationality: United States
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Title: Alexander
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
Description: Single round red fruit with specks and striations; branch with leaves in background
Medium: chromolithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26.6 x 19.7
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Published: A version was used in Seneca Seed Catalog 1893
Printmaker: Stecher Lith Co Roch, NY
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.010
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Nationality: United States
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Title: The Rambo Apple
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
Description: Round yellow fruit with brown striations and specks on skin; branch with leaves in background
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 27.9 x 23.1
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Printmaker: Lith & cold. by Amana Society, Amana, Iowa County, Iowa
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members; reproduced in 1888 by Stecher Lith. Co. Roch. NY, same image with more red in apple, see 8588.010a
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Accession Number: 8588.010a
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: Rambo
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
Description: Single round fruit with branch and leaves; bottom left corner is torn
Medium: chromolithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 23.9 x 17.2
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Date of Execution: 1888
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Printmaker: Stecher Lith. Co. Roch. NY
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members; same image as 8588.010 "The Rambo Apple" but reproduced by different printers, slightly different coloring
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Accession Number: 8588.011
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: Tetofsky
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
Description: Two round fruits with red and yellow skin, speckled; one is attached to branch with leaves
Medium: chromolithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 23.9 x 17.2
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Date of Execution: 1888
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Printmaker: Stecher Lith. Co. Roch. NY
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.012
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title:
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
Description: Single round fruit with red skin and striations, with some yellow at base and top of fruit; monochromatic drawing of branch with leaves in background
Medium: watercolor, graphite pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 23
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Date of Execution: 1889
Place of Execution: Pewaukee, Wisconsin
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Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members; "from Geo. P. Peffer, Pewaukee, Wisc. Drawn from nature & colored by W.H. Prestele, Nov. 20th 1889" written in pencil on bottom edge of page
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Accession Number: 8588.013
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title:
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
Description: A single round fruit with yellow skin with red blush and striations in foreground; in background is monochromatic depiction of stem and leaves
Medium: watercolor, graphite pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.3 x 23
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Date of Execution: ca.1889
Place of Execution: Pewaukee, Wisconsin
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Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members; "Pewaukee from Geo. P. Peffer Pewaukee, Wisc"
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Accession Number: 8588.014
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Bis[?] Bt. Umber, Sepia
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Description: small stem with leaves, discolored
Medium: watercolor, graphite pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 25.5 x 19.5
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Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.015
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title:
Taxon: Rosa Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description: Monochromatic depiction of a rose flower attached to thorny stem; other flowers still in bud around it
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 24.7 x 19.3
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Printmaker: Lith & cold. by W.H. Prestele, Iowa City, IA
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.016
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: Chrysanthemums, 1 La Gitano 2 Criterion 3 Asmodea 4 Daphnis 5 Perfecta
Taxon: Chrysanthemum Linnaeus, Compositae alt. Asteraceae
Description: Monochromatic; several stems topped with round, many-petaled flowers, some still in bud, with leaves; chrysanthemums
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.2 x 24.2
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Accession Number: 8588.017
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: White Pound
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
Description: Monochromatic depiction of apple still attached to stem with leaves
Medium: lithograph
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Published: Lith. & cold. by W.H. Prestele, Iowa City, Iowa
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Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members; "White Pound. Sub-acid, Sept. to January, propagated and grown by Peter and Jonas Kuser, New Berlin Nursery, Boyertown, Berks Co. PA"
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Accession Number: 8588.018
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: Tamarix Africana, African Tamarix
Taxon: Tamarix africana Poiret, Tamaricaceae
Description: Two branches, one with many green offshoots and the other covered with clusters of very small pink flowers; includes magnified detail of pink flower at bottom
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 29.1 x 22.7
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Accession Number: 8588.019
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Taxon: Fragaria Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description: Monochromatic depiction of group of round, freckled berries, hanging from stems with leaves and a few small flowers
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 29.3 x 21.7
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Printmaker: Lith. & cold. by W.H. Prestele, Iowa City, IA
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.020
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: Spirea ulmaria rosea
Taxon: Spiraea ulmaria Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description: Monochromatic depiction of a cluster of many small five-petaled flowers on a branch, with serrate leaves at the base
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 24.3
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Accession Number: 8588.021
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: American Arbor Vitae
Taxon: Thuja occidentalis Linnaeus, Cupressaceae
Description: Monochromatic depiction of a full cedar tree
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26.2 x 20.5
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Printmaker: Lith. & Cold. by W.H. Prestele, Iowa City, IA
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.022
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Concord
Taxon: Vitis Linnaeus, Vitaceae
Description: Monochromatic depiction of cluster of dark-skinned grapes, with leaves from vine behind
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26.1 x 21
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Published: Lith. & cold. by W.H. Prestele, Iowa City, Ia
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Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.023
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: The Hale's Early Peach
Taxon: Prunus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description: Monochromatic depiction of a round fruit with dappled skin, attached to a branch with leaves
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.3 x 24.1
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Printmaker: Lith. & cold. by Amana Society, Homestead, Iowa
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.024
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: The Vicar of Winkfield Pear
Taxon: Pyrus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description: Monochromatic depiction of a single fruit with freckled skin; behind it is a branch with leaves
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 28.9 x 22.7
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Printmaker: Lith. & cold. by Amana Society, Amana, Iowa City, Iowa
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members; see 8588.025 for colored version
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Accession Number: 8588.025
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: The Vicar of Winkfield Pear
Taxon: Pyrus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description: A fruit with freckled skin, primarily yellow with green near the stem, in the foreground; behind it is a branch with leaves
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 25.8 x 20
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members; see 8588.024 for uncolored version
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Accession Number: 8588.026
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Taxon: Rubus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description: Monochromatic depiction of a cluster of blackberry-like fruit on a branch with leaves
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 27.2 x 18.6
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Printmaker: Lith. & Cold. by W.H. Prestele, Iowa City, IA
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.027
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Taxon: Fragaria Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description: Monochromatic depiction of cluster of strawberries still attached to stem with leaves
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26.5 x 22.6
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Printmaker: Lith. & Cold. by W.H. Prestele, Iowa City, Iowa
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.028
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title:
Taxon: Fragaria Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description: Monochromatic depiction of several round fruits with freckled skin attached to stem with leaves
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 29.5 x 22.8
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Printmaker: Lith. & Cold. by W.H. Prestele, Iowa City, Iowa
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.029
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Early Strawberry
Taxon: Malus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description: Monochromatic depiction of five round fruits still attached to branch with leaves
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 24.2 x 19.8
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Printmaker: Lith. & Cold. by W.H. Prestele, Iowa City, IA
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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Accession Number: 8588.030
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele? Joseph Prestele?)
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Nationality: United States
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Title: Spirea I Primifolia fl. pl. II Lanceolata. I Double flowering Plum leaved II Lance leaved Spirea
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Description: Monochromatic drawing of three branches, one depicting leaf pattern only, second depicting a cluster of double flowering blooms, and the third showing two clusters of other flowers
Medium: lithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 28.8 x 22
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