Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 8588.033
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Paeony
Taxon: Paeonia Linnaeus, Paeoniaceae
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Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 29 x 22.2
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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: 8588.034
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Dimensions (cm): 26.3 x 19.9
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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: 8588.035
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: Industry
Taxon: Ribes Linnaeus, Grossulariaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 24.2 x 19
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Accession Number: 8588.036
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: The Flemish Beauty Pear
Taxon: Pyrus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
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Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 24
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Date of Execution: ca.1875
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Accession Number: 8588.037
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: Augusta Rose
Taxon: Rosa Linnaeus, Rosaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Printmaker: Lith. and 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
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Accession Number: 8588.038
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Nationality: United States
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Title: Cherries. 1 Napoleon Bigarreau 2 Monstreuse de Mezel 3 Downer’s Late Red
Taxon: Prunus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 25 x 18.5
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Accession Number: 8588.039
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac and Prestele, Joseph
Life Span: 1811-1895, 1796-1867
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Acer spicatum, Mountain Maple
Taxon: Acer spicatum Lamarck, Aceraceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26.7 x 20.5
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Published: Gray, Asa. 1891. Plates prepared between the years 1849 and 1859, to accompany a report on the forest trees of North America, Washington : Smithsonian Institution. Pl. 25.
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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: 8588.040
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac and Prestele, Joseph
Life Span: 1811-1895, 1796-1867
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Robinia viscosa, Clammy Locust Tree
Taxon: Robinia Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26.9 x 21.5
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Published: Gray, Asa. 1891. Plates prepared between the years 1849 and 1859, to accompany a report on the forest trees of North America, Washington : Smithsonian Institution. Pl. 34.
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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: 8588.041
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac and Prestele, Joseph
Life Span: 1811-1895, 1796-1867
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Cerasus pennsylvanica. Wild Red Cherry
Taxon: Cerasus pensylvanica (Linnaeus f.) Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, Rosaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 27.8 x 21
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Published: Gray, A., Plates prepared between the years 1849 and 1859, to accompany a report on the forest trees of North America (1891), Pl. 48.
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Accession Number: 8588.042
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele? Gottlieb Prestele?)
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Nationality: United States
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Title: Viburnum lantana. Wayfaring Tree
Taxon: Viburnum lantana Linnaeus, Caprifoliaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26.5 x 22
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Accession Number: 8588.043
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac and Prestele, Joseph
Life Span: 1811-1895, 1796-1867
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Aesculus parviflora
Taxon: Aesculus parviflora Walter, Hippocastanaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 29 x 22.7
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Date of Execution: ca. 1849–1859
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Published: Gray, Asa. 1891. Plates prepared between the years 1849 and 1859, to accompany a report on the forest trees of North America, Washington : Smithsonian Institution. Pl. 31.
Printmaker: Prestele sc. and lith.
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: 8588.044
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Nationality: United States
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Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 28.5 x 22.5
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Accession Number: 8588.045
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: The Ben Davis Apple (New York Pippen)
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 28.5 x 22.5
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Accession Number: 8588.046
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: Spirea I Billardi II Salicifolia
Taxon: Spirea Pallas, Rosaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 24
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Accession Number: 8588.047
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: The Eumelan Grape
Taxon: Vitis Linnaeus, Vitaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 23.9
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Date of Execution: ca. 1838-1895
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Accession Number: 8588.048
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: The Crawford’s Early Peach
Taxon: Prunus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description:
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: 8588.049
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: The Doyenne Boussock Pear
Taxon: Pyrus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description:
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: 8588.050
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: The Clinton Grape; The Hartford Prolific Grape
Taxon: Vitis Linnaeus, Vitaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored, on paper glued to fabric
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.2 x 48.2
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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; fabric backing is signed "W.H. Prestele" on back of Clinton Grape and "W.H. Prestele Emma" on back of Hartford Grape
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Accession Number: 8588.051
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele or Gottlieb Prestele)
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Title: Crawford’s Late Peach
Taxon: Prunus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
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Medium: lithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 28.4 x 23.2
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Accession Number: 8588.052
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Description: Central tree with low hills, rocks, church and other architecture in back
Medium: lithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 29.2 x 23.3
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Printmaker: Lith. and 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: 8588.053
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac and Prestele, Joseph
Life Span: 1811-1895, 1796-1867
Nationality: United States
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Title: Gleditschia triacanthos. Honey Locust
Taxon: Gleditsia triacanthos Linnaeus, Caesalpiniaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 30.7 x 23
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Published: Gray, Asa. 1891. Plates prepared between the years 1849 and 1859, to accompany a report on the forest trees of North America, Washington : Smithsonian Institution. Pl. 41
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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: 8588.054
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: The Belle Lucrative Pear
Taxon: Pyrus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
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Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 24.2
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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: 8588.055
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac and Prestele, Joseph
Life Span: 1811-1895, 1796-1867
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Cercis canadensis. Red Bud
Taxon: Cercis canadensis Linnaeus, Caesalpiniaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 23
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Published: Gray, Asa. 1891. Plates prepared between the years 1849 and 1859, to accompany a report on the forest trees of North America, Washington : Smithsonian Institution. Pl. 39
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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: 8588.056
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: 1811-1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Magnolia umbrella, Umbrella Tree
Taxon: Magnolia tripetala Linnaeus, Magnoliaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 42.5
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Published: Gray, Asa. 1891. Plates prepared between the years 1849 and 1859, to accompany a report on the forest trees of North America, Washington : Smithsonian Institution. Pl. 3 (foldout)
Printmaker: Tappan & Bradford
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: 8588.057
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Royal Church Raspberry
Taxon: Rubus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: chromolithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 21.9 x 14
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Published: Report of the Pomologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1892, Plate X
Printmaker: A. Hoen & Co., Lithocaustic
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members
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