Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 8588.031
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Wigelia Rosea
Taxon: Weigela Thunberg, Caprifoliaceae
Description: Monochromatic depiction of apex of branch with five-petaled flowers, still some in bud, and some leaves
Medium: lithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 26.2 x 22
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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: 8588.032
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Mountain Ash
Taxon: Sorbus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description: Monochromatic depiction of a full tree with leaves and many clusters of fruit; magnified detail of cluster of fruit in foreground
Medium: lithograph
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Printmaker: Lith. & Cold. by W.H. Prestele, Iowa City, IA
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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
Description: Monochromatic depiction of a stem with a peony flower
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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Description: Monochromatic depiction of a cluster of round fruits, like grapes or berries, attached to stem with leaves
Medium: lithograph
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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
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Accession Number: 8588.035
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Title: Industry
Taxon: Ribes Linnaeus, Grossulariaceae
Description: Several red, striated gooseberry fruits attached to stems with leaves
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
Description: Monochromatic depiction of pear with speckled skin still attached to stem with leaves
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
Description: Thorny stems with leaves and a large white rose flower in full bloom; there are two other flowers still in bud
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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Title: Cherries. 1 Napoleon Bigarreau 2 Monstreuse de Mezel 3 Downer’s Late Red
Taxon: Prunus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description: Figures of three different types of cherry fruit; one with red/yellow coloring, the second with dark red coloring, and the other with a middle red tone in color
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
Description: Branches with winged seeds, an array of many small flowers, and magnified details of various plant parts
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. (HIBD Oversize DQ2 G778P)
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Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members. OCLC 06461720.
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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
Description: Depiction of flowering and leafing branches, as well as seedpods, with magnified details of various plant parts
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. (HIBD Oversize DQ2 G778P)
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Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members. OCLC 06461720.
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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
Description: Two branches, one with a cluster of white flowers, and the other with several small yellow round fruits
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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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. (HIBD Oversize DQ2 G778P)
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Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members. OCLC 06461720.
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Accession Number: 8588.042
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele? Gottlieb Prestele?)
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Title: Viburnum lantana. Wayfaring Tree
Taxon: Viburnum lantana Linnaeus, Caprifoliaceae
Description: Stems depicted, one with a cluster of many small dark fruits, and leaves
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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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
Description: Two branches, one with spray of many white flowers and some stems with leaves, and the other bare save for a single seedpod
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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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. (HIBD Oversize DQ2 G778P)
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. OCLC 06461720.
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Accession Number: 8588.044
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
Description: Two dark red apples with light specks across their skin, still attached to stem with leaves
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
Description: Depiction of apple with red and green skin with red striations in the foreground; behind it a depiction of branch with leaves
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
Description: Two branches with leaves and topped with tapering clusters of flowers; one branch has white flowers, and the other red
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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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: A cluster of grapes with dark blue/purple skin still attached to stem with dark green leaves
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: Monochromatic depiction of a peach still attached to stem and leaves
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: Monochromatic depiction of a pear still attached to stem and leaves
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: Two pages; each page depicts a different type of grape with dark blue skin; grapes are presented in bunches still attached to stem with leaves
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
Description: Monochromatic depiction of a peach with dappled skin still attached to stem and leaves
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
Description: Depiction of two branches, one in color in foreground with flowers, the second monochromatic in background; to one side is a colored illustration of a long brown seedpod that twists; in bottom right corner are magnified details of plant parts
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. (HIBD Oversize DQ2 G778P)
Printmaker:
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members. OCLC 06461720.
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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
Description: Monochromatic depiction of a pear with stem and leaves still attached
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
Description: Two branches, one depicting a flowering branch with many pale pink flowers and some leaves, and the other featuring more leaves and two brown seed pods
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. (HIBD Oversize DQ2 G778P)
Printmaker:
Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members. OCLC 06461720.
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