Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 8690
Artist Name: Massimi, Albert
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Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Yellow Flag Iris, Iris pseudacorus
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 45.3 x 30.5
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Date of Execution: May, 2004
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Signature: b.r. ( A. Massimi)
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Accession Number: 8691
Artist Name: Gist, John
Life Span: (1939–)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: ©2005, John Gist. All rights reserved. Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Credit: T. D. Jacobsen Endowed Acquisition Fund
Title: Tithonia rotundifolia #2
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Medium: colored pencil
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Dimensions (cm): 47.5 × 37 cm
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Date of Execution: 2005
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Signature: b.c. (John Gist)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 12th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2007
HIBD Publications: White, James J. and Lugene Bruno. 2007. 12th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, p.28
Accession Number: 8692
Artist Name: Gist, Linda
Life Span: (1944–)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Copyright: ©2009, Linda Gist. All rights reserved. Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Credit: T.D. Jacobsen Endowed Acquisition Fund
Title: Pelargonium peltatum "Atlantic Burgundy"
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Medium: watercolor, colored pencil
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Dimensions (cm): 57.5 x 50.5
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Date of Execution: c. 2009
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Signature: b.l. (L. Gist)
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Notes: A different artwork by this artist was included in the 13th International Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration (2010)
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Accession Number: 8693
Artist Name: Palanca, Maria Luisa
Life Span: (1958-)
Nationality: Spain
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Copyright: ©2015, Maria Luisa Palanca. All rights held by the artist.
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Title: Fly agaric, fly mushroom; Amanita muscaria
Taxon: Amanita muscaria (Linnaeus) Lamarck, Amanitaceae
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Medium: pen and ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 29.1
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Date of Execution: 2015
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Signature: M l Palanca (b.l.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 2016
HIBD Publications: Bruno, L. and C. Roy. 2016. Catalogue [of the] 15th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 37.
Accession Number: 8694
Artist Name: Gorchakova, Alexandra
Life Span: (1990-)
Nationality: Russia and Hungary
Gender: Female
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Copyright: ©2023, Alexandra Gorchakova. All rights reserved.
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Title: Zea mays
Taxon: Zea mays Linnaeus, Poaceae alt. Gramineae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 70.5 × 54.4
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Date of Execution: 2023
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Signature: A[T?] 2023 (b.l.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 17th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (2024)
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Accession Number: 8695.
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Credit: Gift of Randy and Bobbie Stadler
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Accession Number: 8695.001
Artist Name: Abbot, John
Life Span: 1751-1840
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Gender: Male
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Credit: Gift of Randy and Bobbie Stadler
Title: Sphinx azaleae, Wild-honeysuckle Hawk-moth; Azalea nudiflora
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Description: pink flowering Azalea with caterpillar, pupae, and moth stages of Wild-honeysuckle Hawk-moth
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 40.2 x 32.3
Image Size: 37.7 x 29.5
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Date of Execution: 1797
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Published: Abbot, John, James Edward Smith, John Abbot, James Edward Smith, Thomas Bensley, James Edwards, John White, and Cadell & Davies,. The Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia : Including Their Systematic Characters, the Particulars of Their Several Metamorphoses, and the Plants on Which They Feed. Collected from the Observation of Mr. John Abbot, Many Years Resident in That Country. London: Printed by T. Bensley, for J. Edwards [etc.], 1797. T1, PL XXVII
Printmaker: John Harris, Sr.
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Accession Number: 8695.002
Artist Name: Albin, Eleazar
Life Span: fl. 1713-1759
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Gender: Male
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Credit: Gift of Randy and Bobbie Stadler
Title: Plate LXX
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Description: "The black caterpillars of the Table, at a, fed in a Web together on Black Thorn, White Thorn, and Plumb Tree. They were found at the latter end of May, and changed into Chrysalies the beginning of June, and the 20th of the same Month came the Moth, c, d, commonly called the Ermine. The caterpillar, e, was brown on the Back, the Belly Ash Colour parted from the Brown by an Orange-colour'd Stripe, its Head Black. It was found on the Oak the 26th of May: it spun up the 15th of June and changed into Chrysalis, the Moth came the 10th of July, g, h."
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 29.3 x 22.6
Image Size: 25.7 x 19
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Date of Execution: 1720
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Published: Albin, Eleazar. A Natural History of English Insects : Illustrated with a Hundred Copper Plates, Curiously Engraven from the Life: And (for Those Who Desire It). London: Printed for the author, 1720, pl. LXX (70) [other copies with different dedications]
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Notes: copper plate engraving colored by Albin; dedicated "To Mrs Elizabeth Bridges of Soho Square This Plate is humbly dedicated by Eleazr. Albin"
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Accession Number: 8695.003
Artist Name: Albin, Eleazar
Life Span: fl. 1713-1759
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Credit: Gift of Randy and Bobbie Stadler
Title: Plate LXXV
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Description: "The caterpillar, a, in the Table was of a yallowish Green, the Head blueish. It was found feeding on the Oak; (I have likewise found of them on the Hasle; and on the Lime-trees in St. James's Park.) It went into the Ground the 19th of June and changed into Chrysalis, b, ; and the 10th of February came out the Moth, c, d. The caterpillar, e, was of a pale Green. It was found feeding on the Female Fern the 2d of September by the Wood Side near Charlton in Kent, and the 13th of the same Month it went into Chrysalis, f; and about the latter End of April came the Moth, g, h."
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 19.4 x 22.7
Image Size: 26.2 x 19
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Date of Execution: 1720
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Published: Albin, Eleazar. A Natural History of English Insects : Illustrated with a Hundred Copper Plates, Curiously Engraven from the Life: And (for Those Who Desire It). London: Printed for the author, 1720, pl. LXXV (75)
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Notes: copper plate engraving colored by Albin; dedicated "To William Le Grand of Maiden Early in ye County of Berks Esqr. This Plate is humbly dedicated by Eleazr. Albin."
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Accession Number: 8695.004
Artist Name: Russell, Isaac
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Gender: Male
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Credit: Gift of Randy and Bobbie Stadler
Title: Carpinus Betulus. Hornbeam
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 22 x 13.6
Image Size: 17.7 x 11.8
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Date of Execution: 1840
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Signature: "Russell del" BL "JW sc" BR
Published: Baxter, William. 1834. British Phaenogamous Botany, or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of British Flowering Plants. Oxford: Published by the author, sold by J.H. Parker [etc.]. 1837, Vol. 3, pl. 234
Printmaker: J. W.
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Accession Number: 8695.005
Artist Name: Russell, Isaac
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Credit: Gift of Randy and Bobbie Stadler
Title: Corylus Avellana. Hasel-nut
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 22 x 13.8
Image Size: 18.2 x 12.1
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Date of Execution: 1840
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Signature: "Mathews Del & Sc." BL
Published: Baxter, William. 1834. British Phaenogamous Botany, or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of British Flowering Plants. Oxford: Published by the author, sold by J.H. Parker [etc.]. 1840, Vol. 5, pl. 338
Printmaker: W. Willis
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Accession Number: 8695.006
Artist Name: Mathews, Charles
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Credit: Gift of Randy and Bobbie Stadler
Title: Fraxinus excelsior. Common Ash
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Dimensions (cm): 22 x 13.6
Image Size: 17.5 x 11.4
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Date of Execution: 1840
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Signature: "Mathews Del & Sc." BL
Published: Baxter, William. 1834. British Phaenogamous Botany, or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of British Flowering Plants. Oxford: Published by the author, sold by J.H. Parker [etc.]. 1840, Vol. 5, pl. 382
Printmaker: Charles Mathews
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Accession Number: 8695.007
Artist Name: Mathews, Charles
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Credit: Gift of Randy and Bobbie Stadler
Title: Ulmus montana. Wych Elm
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 22 x 13.6
Image Size: 18 x 12
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Date of Execution: 1840
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Signature: "Mathews Del & Sc." BL
Published: Baxter, William. 1834. British Phaenogamous Botany, or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of British Flowering Plants. Oxford: Published by the author, sold by J.H. Parker [etc.]. 1840, Vol. 5, pl. 386
Printmaker: Charles Mathews
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Accession Number: 8695.008
Artist Name: Mathews, Charles
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Credit: Gift of Randy and Bobbie Stadler
Title: Castanea vesca. Spanish Chestnut
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 22.2 x 13.5
Image Size: 17.7 x 11.5
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Date of Execution: 1840
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Signature: "Mathews Del & Sc." BL
Published: Baxter, William. 1834. British Phaenogamous Botany, or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of British Flowering Plants. Oxford: Published by the author, sold by J.H. Parker [etc.]. 1843, Vol. 6, pl. 485
Printmaker: Charles Mathews
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Accession Number: 8695.009
Artist Name: Unknown
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Credit: Gift of Randy and Bobbie Stadler
Title: Aloe Americana
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 52.2 x 43.6
Image Size: 48.1 x 40.8
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Date of Execution: 1613
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Published: Besler, Basilius,. Hortus Eystettensis [Vol. 2]. [Núremberg] : [s.n.], 1613.Quartus ordo, Fol. 2
Printmaker: Ten engravers translated the drawings into prints: Wolfgang Kilian (1581–1662), Servatius Raeven, Levin van Hulsen, Dominicus Custos (1560–1612), Robert Custos (1590–1651), Heinrich Ulrich (1570–1621), Friedrich van Hulsen (ca.1580–ca.1660), Johann Leypold, G. H. (possibly Georg Hortulanus) and Peter Isselburgh (1568–1630)
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Accession Number: 8695.010
Artist Name: Blackwell, Elizabeth
Life Span: 1699–1758
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Credit: Gift of Randy and Bobbie Stadler
Title: Cornus mas
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 35.9 x 23.1
Image Size: 30.5 x 19.8
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Date of Execution: ca.1750
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Published: Blackwell, Elizabeth, Nicolaus Friedrich Eisenberger, Christoph Jacob Trew, Christiani de Launoy., and Fleischmann, Johann Joseph,. Herbarium Blackwellianum emendatum et auctum, id est, Elisabethae Blackwell collectio stirpium : quae in pharmacopoliis ad medicum usum asseruantur, quarum descriptio et vires ex Anglico idiomate in Latinum conversae sistuntur figurae maximam partem ad naturale exemplar emendantur floris fructusque partium repraesentatione augentur et probatis botanicorum nominibus illustrentur. Cum praefatione Tit. Pl. D.D. Christophori Iacobi Trew ; excudit figuras pinxit atque in aes incidit Nicolaus Fridericus Eisenbergerus ... Norimbergae: Typis Io. Iosephi Fleischmanni, 1750. Vol 2, pl. 121
Printmaker: Eisenberger, Nicolaus Friedrich
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Accession Number: 8695.011
Artist Name: Blackwell, Elizabeth
Life Span: 1699–1758
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Credit: Gift of Randy and Bobbie Stadler
Title: Nepeta vel Mentha Cataria
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 36.7 x 23.9
Image Size: 29.5 x 19.6
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Date of Execution: ca.1750
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Published: Blackwell, Elizabeth, Nicolaus Friedrich Eisenberger, Christoph Jacob Trew, Christiani de Launoy., and Fleischmann, Johann Joseph,. Herbarium Blackwellianum emendatum et auctum, id est, Elisabethae Blackwell collectio stirpium : quae in pharmacopoliis ad medicum usum asseruantur, quarum descriptio et vires ex Anglico idiomate in Latinum conversae sistuntur figurae maximam partem ad naturale exemplar emendantur floris fructusque partium repraesentatione augentur et probatis botanicorum nominibus illustrentur. Cum praefatione Tit. Pl. D.D. Christophori Iacobi Trew ; excudit figuras pinxit atque in aes incidit Nicolaus Fridericus Eisenbergerus ... Norimbergae: Typis Io. Iosephi Fleischmanni, 1750. Vol 5, pl. 455
Printmaker: Eisenberger, Nicolaus Friedrich
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Accession Number: 8695.012
Artist Name: Bry, Johann Theodore de (attr. to)
Life Span: 1561-1623
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Credit: Gift of Randy and Bobbie Stadler
Title: Canna indica flore rubro punctato
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Dimensions (cm): 34.4 x 20.2
Image Size: 26.8 x 27.2
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Date of Execution: ca.1611
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Published: Bry, Johann Theodor de, and Jean-Jacques Boissard. Florilegium novum hoc est : variorum maximeque rariorum florum ac plantarum singularium unà cum suis radicibus & cepis, eicones diligenter in aere sculptae & ad vivum-ut plurimum expressae = New Blumbuch darinnen allerhand schöne Blumen und frembde Gewächs mit ihren Wurtzeln und Zwiebeln mehrer theils dem Leben nach in Kupffer fleissig gestochen zu sehen seind. Oppenheim: J.T. de Brÿ, 1611. Tab CCXXI
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Accession Number: 8695.013
Artist Name: Unknown (Femme Fessard)
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Credit: Gift of Randy and Bobbie Stadler
Title: Celastrus pyracanthus...
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Medium: engraving
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Dimensions (cm): 39.7 x 26
Image Size: 32.1 x 21.3
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Date of Execution: ca.1773
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Published: Buchoz, Pierre Joseph. Histoire universelle du règne végétal, ou nouveau dictionnaire physique et economique de toutes les plantes qui croissent sur la surface du globe. Paris: Brunet, 1773. Cent. 6, Decad. 5, Pl. 6
Printmaker: Fessard
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Accession Number: 8695.014
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Credit: Gift of Randy and Bobbie Stadler
Title: Figs 1-3, grasses
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Dimensions (cm): 40.1 x 25.7
Image Size: 32.8 x 20.9
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Date of Execution: ca.1773
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Published: Buchoz, Pierre Joseph. Histoire universelle du règne végétal, ou nouveau dictionnaire physique et economique de toutes les plantes qui croissent sur la surface du globe. Paris: Brunet, 1773. Cent. 7, Decad. 8, Pl. 8
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Accession Number: 8695.015
Artist Name: Unknown
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Credit: Gift of Randy and Bobbie Stadler
Title: Kuhnia eupatoroidea Linn. Sp. Eupatoire odorant
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Dimensions (cm): 40 x 25.7
Image Size: 20.3 x 20.1
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Date of Execution: ca.1773
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Published: Buchoz, Pierre Joseph. Histoire universelle du règne végétal, ou nouveau dictionnaire physique et economique de toutes les plantes qui croissent sur la surface du globe. Paris: Brunet, 1773. Cent. 9, Decad. 9, Pl. 9
Printmaker: Breant
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Accession Number: 8695.016
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Credit: Gift of Randy and Bobbie Stadler
Title: Elatine alsinastrum
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Dimensions (cm): 19.7 x 12.4
Image Size: 15.7 x 9.7
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Date of Execution: ca.1778
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Published: Bulliard, Pierre. 1776. Flora Parisiensis, ou, Descriptions et figures des plantes qui croissent aux environs de Paris; avec les diffrens noms, classes, ordres et genres qui leur conviennent, rangs suivant la mthode sexuelle de M. Linn, leurs parties caractristiques, parts, proprits, vertus et doses d’usage en mdecine, suivant les demonstrations de botanique qui se font au Jardin du roy. Paris: P.F. Didot. Vol. 2, Pl. 213.
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Accession Number: 8695.017
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Credit: Gift of Randy and Bobbie Stadler
Title: Oxalis acetosella. Alleluia
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Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 12.4
Image Size: 15.3 x 9.2
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Date of Execution: ca.1778
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Published: Bulliard, Pierre. 1776. Flora Parisiensis, ou, Descriptions et figures des plantes qui croissent aux environs de Paris; avec les diffrens noms, classes, ordres et genres qui leur conviennent, rangs suivant la mthode sexuelle de M. Linn, leurs parties caractristiques, parts, proprits, vertus et doses d’usage en mdecine, suivant les demonstrations de botanique qui se font au Jardin du roy. Paris: P.F. Didot. Vol. 3, Pl. 237.
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Accession Number: 8695.018
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Credit: Gift of Randy and Bobbie Stadler
Title: Scrophularia aquatica. Scrophulaire aquatique
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Dimensions (cm): 20 x 12.2
Image Size: 15.3 x 9.4
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Date of Execution: ca.1778
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Published: Bulliard, Pierre. 1776. Flora Parisiensis, ou, Descriptions et figures des plantes qui croissent aux environs de Paris; avec les diffrens noms, classes, ordres et genres qui leur conviennent, rangs suivant la mthode sexuelle de M. Linn, leurs parties caractristiques, parts, proprits, vertus et doses d’usage en mdecine, suivant les demonstrations de botanique qui se font au Jardin du roy. Paris: P.F. Didot. Vol. 4, Pl. 371.
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Accession Number: 8695.019
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Credit: Gift of Randy and Bobbie Stadler
Title: Valantia cruciata. Croisette
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Dimensions (cm): 20.1 x 12.6
Image Size: 15.1 x 9.3
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Date of Execution: ca.1778
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Published: Bulliard, Pierre. 1776. Flora Parisiensis, ou, Descriptions et figures des plantes qui croissent aux environs de Paris; avec les diffrens noms, classes, ordres et genres qui leur conviennent, rangs suivant la mthode sexuelle de M. Linn, leurs parties caractristiques, parts, proprits, vertus et doses d’usage en mdecine, suivant les demonstrations de botanique qui se font au Jardin du roy. Paris: P.F. Didot. Vol. 6, Pl. 580.
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