Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 8588.066
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Longfield
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
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Medium: watercolor, graphite pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 14.6
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Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members; "work out with light green (bloom)" and "No. 161" written on page below title "Longfield (e[rrounous])"
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Accession Number: 8588.067
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Pointed Pipka
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
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Medium: watercolor, graphite pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 22.8 x 14.6
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Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members; "work out with light green bloom" and "No. 361" written on page below title "Pointed Pipka"
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Accession Number: 8588.068
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Sugar Sweet
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
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Medium: watercolor, graphite pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 22.8 x 14.6
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Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members; "work out dark green in eye, other yellow green" and "No. 217" written on page below title "Sugar Sweet"
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Accession Number: 8588.069
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
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Medium: watercolor, graphite pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 22.8 x 14.6
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Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members; "work out with light-green (bloom)" and "W. Seedly" written on page
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Accession Number: 8588.070
Artist Name: unknown (William Henry Prestele?)
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Nationality: United States
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Taxon: Rosa Linnaeus, Rosaceae
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Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 22 x 14.2
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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: 8588.071
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Pepino Solanum guatamalense
Taxon: Solanum Linnaeus, Solanaceae
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Medium: chromolithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 21.7 x 13.5
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Published: Div. of Pomology, U.S. Dept. of Agr. 1888 Plate VIII
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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Accession Number: 8588.072
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Primus, Hybrid between Rubus ursinus and R. crataegifolius
Taxon: Rubus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
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Medium: chromolithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 22.2 x 13.2
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Published: Report of the Pomologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1892 Plate VIII
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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Accession Number: 8588.073
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Giant loquat (Eriobotrya japonica)
Taxon: Eriobotrya japonica (Thunberg) Lindley, Rosaceae
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Medium: chromolithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 22 x 14
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Published: Report of the Pomologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1892 Plate XII
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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Accession Number: 8588.074
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title:
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor, graphite pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 20 x 14.6
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Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members; "shade with light green & cover with yellow & work out with light" written on page
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Accession Number: 8588.075
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Large Long White
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
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Medium: watercolor, graphite pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 20.3 x 14.6
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Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members; "shade with yellow ochre, work out light green, cover with yellow and orange chrome, reddish white, [crossed out ‘work on’] cover have from top with greenish yellow" written on page above title "Large Long White" and "No. 979"
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Accession Number: 8588.076
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Half Glassy
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
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Medium: watercolor, graphite pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 22.8 x 14.4
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Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members; "work out with light green first & then the basin with bt. Siena bloom" written on page below title "Half Glassy" and "No. 276"
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Accession Number: 8588.077
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title:
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
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Medium: watercolor, graphite pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 19.5 x 15.5
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Accession Number: 8588.078
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Little Hat
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
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Medium: watercolor, graphite pencil
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Dimensions (cm): 20.6 x 14.6
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Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members; "Shade with dark green, & cover with light-green, work out with dark green, around eye with olive green" written above title "Little Hat" and "No. 272"
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Accession Number: 8588.079
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Sacharine
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
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Medium: watercolor, graphite pencil
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Dimensions (cm): 20 x 14.5
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Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members; "Shade with dark green, cover with light-green, work basin out with burnt sienna" written below title "Saccharine" and "No. 268"
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Accession Number: 8588.080
Artist Name: Prestele, William Henry
Life Span: 1838–1895
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Charlamoff
Taxon: Malus Miller, Rosaceae
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Medium: watercolor, graphite pencil
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Dimensions (cm): 20.6 x 14.6
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Notes: Part of gifted collection of artworks created primarily by William Henry Prestele, includes some by other Prestele family members; "Shade with yellow ochre, cover with light-yellow & work out with light green, basin with olive green last" written beside title "Charlamoff" and "No. 262"
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Accession Number: 8590.01
Artist Name: Unknown
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Title: Anona
Taxon: Annona cherimola Miller, Annonaceae
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Medium: carved wood with wax and pigment coating
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Dimensions (cm): 10.2 x 9.2 x 7.4 (h x w x d)
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Date of Execution: c. 1825
Place of Execution: Mexico
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HIBD Publications: See "Delectus" Bull. Hunt Inst. Bot. Doc. 35(1). 2024.
Accession Number: 8590.02
Artist Name: Unknown
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Title: Aovacate
Taxon: Persea sp. Miller, Lauraceae
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Medium: carved wood with wax and pigment coating, wire stem
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Dimensions (cm): 5.4 x 9.8 x 4.5 (h x w x d)
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Date of Execution: c. 1825
Place of Execution: Mexico
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HIBD Publications: See "Delectus" Bull. Hunt Inst. Bot. Doc. 35(1). 2024.
Accession Number: 8590.03
Artist Name: Unknown
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Title: Camote vlanco
Taxon: Ipomoea batatas (Linnaeus) Lamarck, Convolvulaceae
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Medium: carved wood with wax and pigment coating
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Dimensions (cm): 5.6 x 15.7 x 5 (h x w x d)
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Date of Execution: c. 1825
Place of Execution: Mexico
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Accession Number: 8590.04
Artist Name: Unknown
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Title: Challote
Taxon: Sicyos edule Jacquin, Cucurbitaceae
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Medium: carved wood with wax and pigment coating with wire or other material for hairs on exterior of fruit
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Dimensions (cm): 7.9 x 11.5 x 3.8 (h x w x d)
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Date of Execution: c. 1825
Place of Execution: Mexico
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HIBD Publications: See "Delectus" Bull. Hunt Inst. Bot. Doc. 35(1). 2024.
Accession Number: 8590.05
Artist Name: Unknown
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Title: Chile poblano
Taxon: Capsicum annuum Linnaeus, Solanaceae
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Medium: carved wood with wax and pigment coating
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Dimensions (cm): 5.7 x 14.6 x 5.1 (h x w x d)
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Date of Execution: c. 1825
Place of Execution: Mexico
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Accession Number: 8590.06
Artist Name: Unknown
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Title: Chinini
Taxon: Persea schiedeana Nees, Lauraceae
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Medium: carved wood with wax and pigment coating
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Dimensions (cm): 12.3 x 6 x 5.5 (h x w x d)
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Date of Execution: c. 1825
Place of Execution: Mexico
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Accession Number: 8590.07
Artist Name: Unknown
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Title: Cuajilote
Taxon: Parmentiera aculeata (Kunth) Seemann, Bignoniaceae
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Medium: carved wood with wax and pigment coating, wire stem
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Dimensions (cm): 4.6 x 16 x 4.1 (h x w x d)
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Date of Execution: c. 1825
Place of Execution: Mexico
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Accession Number: 8590.08
Artist Name: Unknown
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Title: Granada de corona
Taxon: Punica granatum Linnaeus, Lythraceae
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Medium: carved wood with wax and pigment coating
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Dimensions (cm): 8.3 x 8.3 x 8.4 (h x w x d)
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Date of Execution: c. 1825
Place of Execution: Mexico
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HIBD Publications: See "Delectus" Bull. Hunt Inst. Bot. Doc. 35(1). 2024.
Accession Number: 8590.09
Artist Name: Unknown
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Title: Guacamote
Taxon: Manihot sp. Miller, Euphorbiaceae
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Medium: carved wood with wax and pigment coating
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Dimensions (cm): 3.5 x 25 x 2.9 (h x w x d)
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Date of Execution: c. 1825
Place of Execution: Mexico
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HIBD Publications: See "Delectus" Bull. Hunt Inst. Bot. Doc. 35(1). 2024.
Accession Number: 8590.10
Artist Name: Unknown
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Title: Guallava
Taxon: Psidium guajava Linnaeus, Myrtaceae
Description:
Medium: carved wood with wax and pigment coating
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Dimensions (cm): 5.5 x 5.2 x 4.5 (h x w x d)
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Date of Execution: c. 1825
Place of Execution: Mexico
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HIBD Publications: See "Delectus" Bull. Hunt Inst. Bot. Doc. 35(1). 2024.
