Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 0876.63
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
Nationality: India
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Title: ''Auvary-clay [sic, kilai intended] or branch''
Taxon:
Cassia auriculata Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 51 x 34.5
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Notes: A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
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Accession Number: 0876.64
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
Nationality: India
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Title: ''Chummoley branch; Chitteramoolum branch''
Taxon:
Crossandra infundibuliformis (Linnaeus) Nees, Acanthaceae
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Medium: watercolor
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Notes: A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
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Accession Number: 0876.65
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
Nationality: India
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Title: ''Cauttoo-benda-calay [sic, kilai intended] or branch''
Taxon:
Hibiscus, ? Linnaeus, Malvaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
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Notes: A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
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Accession Number: 0876.66
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
Nationality: India
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Title: ''Vella cokataun cody [sic, kodi intended]''
Taxon:
Clitoria ternatea Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
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Medium: watercolor
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Notes: A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
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Accession Number: 0876.67
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
Nationality: India
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Title: ''Golpanger branch''
Taxon:
Ipomoea quamoclit Linnaeus, Convolvulaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
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Notes: A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
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Accession Number: 0876.68
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
Nationality: India
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Title: ''Thumbacoy-cody [sic, kodi intended]''
Taxon:
Dolichos ? Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
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Medium: watercolor
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Notes: A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
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Accession Number: 0876.69
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
Nationality: India
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Title: Chamaeleo zeylanicus Jerdon (Indian chameleon and Gecko)
Funambulus palmarum (Linnaeus, 1766) (Palm squirrel)
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Medium: watercolor
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Notes: A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
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Accession Number: 0876.70
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
Nationality: India
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Title: ''Coattan''
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Description: Bubo nipalensis Hodgson (Forest eagle-owl)
Medium: watercolor
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Notes: A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
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Accession Number: 0876.71
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
Nationality: India
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Title: ''Cannoo Cooty Pamboo''
Taxon:
Description: Ahaetulla prasina Boie (Indian vine snake)
Medium: watercolor
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Notes: A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
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Accession Number: 0876.72
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
Nationality: India
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Title: ''Scolopendra ?''
Taxon:
Description: Coleoptera ?
Chrysomelidae ? or Buprestidae ?
Scorpion
Medium: watercolor
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Notes: A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
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Accession Number: 0876.73
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
Nationality: India
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Title: Naja maja (Linnaeus) (Indian cobra)
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Notes: A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
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Accession Number: 0876.74
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
Nationality: India
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Title: Lycodon aulicus (Linnaeus) (Wolf snake)
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Notes: A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
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Accession Number: 0876.75
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
Nationality: India
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Title: Gallicrex cinerea (Gmelin) (Female Watercock)
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Notes: A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
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Accession Number: 0876.76
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
Nationality: India
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Title: Ardea cinerea Linnaeus (Immature Grey) heron
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Notes: A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
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Accession Number: 0876.77
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
Nationality: India
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Title: Gallus sonneratii Temminck (Grey or Sonnerat's junglefowl)
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Notes: A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
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Accession Number: 0876.78
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
Nationality: India
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Title: Cynopterus sp. (Dog-faced fruit bat)[[Kerivoula picta (Pallas) (Painted bat)
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Notes: A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
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Accession Number: 0876.79
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
Nationality: India
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Title: ''Poonosgo poony'' Viverra civettina Blyth (Malabar civet)
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Notes: A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
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Accession Number: 0876.80
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
Nationality: India
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Title: ''Mala Corangoo'' Macaca radiata (E. Geoffroy) (Bonnet macaque)
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Notes: A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
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Accession Number: 0876.81
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
Nationality: India
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Title: ''Thavangoo'' Loris Tardigradus (Linnaeus) (Slender Loris)
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Notes: A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
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Accession Number: 0876.82
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
Nationality: India
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Title: Acridotheres tristis Linnaeus (Common myna)
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Notes: A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
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Accession Number: 0876.83
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)?)
Nationality: India
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Title: ''[illegible] pillary'' Herpester sp. (Mongoose)
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Notes: A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
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Accession Number: 0877.001
Artist Name: Funck, Magdalena Rosina (after)
Life Span: (fl.1762)
Nationality: Austria ?
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Title: Mee[?]en violn. [?]
Taxon:
Viola Linnaeus, Violaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 33 x 22
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Date of Execution: 1762
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Notes: 290 watercolors bound in album. Another album with near-duplicate watercolors, held by Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC, is attributed to Magdalena Funck and dated 1692 (the Hunt Institute's copy is dated 1762). That album was painted for the Nürnberg University of Altdorf near Erlangen, disbanded in 1809. See Heidrun Ludwig, Nürnberger naturgeschichtliche Maler und Stecher des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts (Marburg an der Lahn, Basilisken-Presse, 1998, pp. 201, 330-331).
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Accession Number: 0877.002
Artist Name: Funck, Magdalena Rosina (after)
Life Span: (fl.1762)
Nationality: Austria ?
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Title: ''Gefülte violen.''
Taxon:
Viola Linnaeus, Violaceae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 33 x 22
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Date of Execution: 1762
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Notes: 290 watercolors bound in album. Another album with near-duplicate watercolors, held by Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC, is attributed to Magdalena Funck and dated 1692 (the Hunt Institute's copy is dated 1762). That album was painted for the Nürnberg University of Altdorf near Erlangen, disbanded in 1809. See Heidrun Ludwig, Nürnberger naturgeschichtliche Maler und Stecher des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts (Marburg an der Lahn, Basilisken-Presse, 1998, pp. 201, 330-331).
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Accession Number: 0877.003
Artist Name: Funck, Magdalena Rosina (after)
Life Span: (fl.1762)
Nationality: Austria ?
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Title: ''Gefülte violen''
Taxon:
Viola Linnaeus, Violaceae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 33 x 22
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Date of Execution: 1762
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Notes: 290 watercolors bound in album. Another album with near-duplicate watercolors, held by Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC, is attributed to Magdalena Funck and dated 1692 (the Hunt Institute's copy is dated 1762). That album was painted for the Nürnberg University of Altdorf near Erlangen, disbanded in 1809. See Heidrun Ludwig, Nürnberger naturgeschichtliche Maler und Stecher des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts (Marburg an der Lahn, Basilisken-Presse, 1998, pp. 201, 330-331).
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Accession Number: 0877.004
Artist Name: Funck, Magdalena Rosina (after)
Life Span: (fl.1762)
Nationality: Austria ?
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Title: ''Schlüssel blumen''
Taxon:
Primula Linnaeus, Primulaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 33 x 22
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Date of Execution: 1762
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Notes: 290 watercolors bound in album. Another album with near-duplicate watercolors, held by Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC, is attributed to Magdalena Funck and dated 1692 (the Hunt Institute's copy is dated 1762). That album was painted for the Nürnberg University of Altdorf near Erlangen, disbanded in 1809. See Heidrun Ludwig, Nürnberger naturgeschichtliche Maler und Stecher des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts (Marburg an der Lahn, Basilisken-Presse, 1998, pp. 201, 330-331).
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