Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 1203.30
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Pinus pinea L.''
Taxon:
Pinus pinea Linnaeus, Pinaceae
Description: fruiting branch
Medium: wood engraving
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
Image Size: 24.5 x 18
Edition: 4/50
Date of Execution: ca.1962
Place of Execution: Italy
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1962. Plants of Virgil's Georgics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: The wood blocks from which these prints were made were cut by Abbe in Italy from living plants, fifty of those mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in the Georgics. The research and travel for this production were aided by a grant from the Hunt Botanical Library.
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Accession Number: 1203.31
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Pinus sylvestris L.''
Taxon:
Pinus sylvestris Linnaeus, Pinaceae
Description: fruiting branch
Medium: wood engraving
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
Image Size: 11 x 12
Edition: 4/50
Date of Execution: ca.1962
Place of Execution: Italy
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1962. Plants of Virgil's Georgics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: The wood blocks from which these prints were made were cut by Abbe in Italy from living plants, fifty of those mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in the Georgics. The research and travel for this production were aided by a grant from the Hunt Botanical Library.
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Accession Number: 1203.32
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Platanus orientalis L.''
Taxon:
Platanus orientalis Linnaeus, Platanaceae
Description:
Medium: wood engraving
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
Image Size: 23 x 19
Edition: 4/50
Date of Execution: ca.1962
Place of Execution: Italy
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1962. Plants of Virgil's Georgics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: The wood blocks from which these prints were made were cut by Abbe in Italy from living plants, fifty of those mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in the Georgics. The research and travel for this production were aided by a grant from the Hunt Botanical Library.
HIBD Exhibitions: Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International] (1964)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H.M., comp. 1964. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International]. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library.
Accession Number: 1203.33
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Prunus spinosa L.''
Taxon:
Prunus spinosa Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description: fruiting branch
Medium: wood engraving
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
Image Size: 12.5 x 14
Edition: 4/50
Date of Execution: ca.1962
Place of Execution: Italy
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1962. Plants of Virgil's Georgics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: The wood blocks from which these prints were made were cut by Abbe in Italy from living plants, fifty of those mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in the Georgics. The research and travel for this production were aided by a grant from the Hunt Botanical Library.
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Accession Number: 1203.34
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Quercus ilex L.''
Taxon:
Quercus ilex Linnaeus, Fagaceae
Description: fruiting branch
Medium: wood engraving
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
Image Size: 14.5 x 17.5
Edition: 4/50
Date of Execution: ca.1962
Place of Execution: Italy
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1962. Plants of Virgil's Georgics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: The wood blocks from which these prints were made were cut by Abbe in Italy from living plants, fifty of those mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in the Georgics. The research and travel for this production were aided by a grant from the Hunt Botanical Library.
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Accession Number: 1203.35
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Quercus robur L.''
Taxon:
Quercus robur Linnaeus, Fagaceae
Description: fruiting branch
Medium: wood engraving
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
Image Size: 13 x 17
Edition: 4/50
Date of Execution: ca.1962
Place of Execution: Italy
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1962. Plants of Virgil's Georgics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: The wood blocks from which these prints were made were cut by Abbe in Italy from living plants, fifty of those mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in the Georgics.. The research and travel for this production were aided by a grant from the Hunt Botanical Library.
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Accession Number: 1203.36
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Rosmarinus officinalis L.''
Taxon:
Rosmarinus officinalis Linnaeus, Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae
Description: stem
Medium: wood engraving
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
Image Size: 15 x 7
Edition: 4/50
Date of Execution: ca.1962
Place of Execution: Italy
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1962. Plants of Virgil's Georgics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: The wood blocks from which these prints were made were cut by Abbe in Italy from living plants, fifty of those mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in the Georgics. The research and travel for this production were aided by a grant from the Hunt Botanical Library.
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Accession Number: 1203.37
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Ruscus aculeatus L.''
Taxon:
Ruscus aculeatus Linnaeus, Liliaceae
Description:
Medium: wood engraving
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
Image Size: 15 x 12.5
Edition: 4/50
Date of Execution: ca.1962
Place of Execution: Italy
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1962. Plants of Virgil's Georgics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: The wood blocks from which these prints were made were cut by Abbe in Italy from living plants, fifty of those mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in the Georgics. The research and travel for this production were aided by a grant from the Hunt Botanical Library.
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Accession Number: 1203.38
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Salix purpurea L.''
Taxon:
Salix purpurea Linnaeus, Salicaceae
Description:
Medium: wood engraving
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
Image Size: 20.5 x 13.5
Edition: 4/50
Date of Execution: ca.1962
Place of Execution: Italy
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1962. Plants of Virgil's Georgics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: The wood blocks from which these prints were made were cut by Abbe in Italy from living plants, fifty of those mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in the Georgics. The research and travel for this production were aided by a grant from the Hunt Botanical Library.
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Accession Number: 1203.39
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Satureia montana L.''
Taxon:
Satureja montana Linnaeus, Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae
Description: stem
Medium: wood engraving
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
Image Size: 14 x 7.5
Edition: 4/50
Date of Execution: ca.1962
Place of Execution: Italy
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1962. Plants of Virgil's Georgics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: The wood blocks from which these prints were made were cut by Abbe in Italy from living plants, fifty of those mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in the Georgics. The research and travel for this production were aided by a grant from the Hunt Botanical Library.
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Accession Number: 1203.40
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Sorbus aucuparia L.''
Taxon:
Sorbus aucuparia Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description: fruiting branch
Medium: wood engraving
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
Image Size: 14.5 x 14.5
Edition: 4/50
Date of Execution: ca.1962
Place of Execution: Italy
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1962. Plants of Virgil's Georgics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: The wood blocks from which these prints were made were cut by Abbe in Italy from living plants, fifty of those mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in the Georgics. The research and travel for this production were aided by a grant from the Hunt Botanical Library.
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Accession Number: 1203.41
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Spartium junceum L.''
Taxon:
Spartium junceum Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Description:
Medium: wood engraving
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
Image Size: 23.5 x 15
Edition: 4/50
Date of Execution: ca.1962
Place of Execution: Italy
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1962. Plants of Virgil's Georgics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: The wood blocks from which these prints were made were cut by Abbe in Italy from living plants, fifty of those mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in the Georgics. The research and travel for this production were aided by a grant from the Hunt Botanical Library.
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Accession Number: 1203.42
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Taxus baccata L.''
Taxon:
Taxus baccata Linnaeus, Taxaceae
Description: fruiting branch
Medium: wood engraving
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
Image Size: 18 x 12.5
Edition: 4/50
Date of Execution: ca.1962
Place of Execution: Italy
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1962. Plants of Virgil's Georgics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: The wood blocks from which these prints were made were cut by Abbe in Italy from living plants, fifty of those mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in the Georgics. The research and travel for this production were aided by a grant from the Hunt Botanical Library.
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Accession Number: 1203.43
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Thymus serpyllum L.''
Taxon:
Thymus serpyllum Linnaeus, Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae
Description:
Medium: wood engraving
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
Image Size: 3 x 10.5
Edition: 4/50
Date of Execution: ca.1962
Place of Execution: Italy
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1962. Plants of Virgil's Georgics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: The wood blocks from which these prints were made were cut by Abbe in Italy from living plants, fifty of those mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in the Georgics. The research and travel for this production were aided by a grant from the Hunt Botanical Library.
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Accession Number: 1203.44
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Thymus vulgaris L.''
Taxon:
Thymus vulgaris Linnaeus, Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae
Description:
Medium: wood engraving
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
Image Size: 16.5 x 6
Edition: 4/50
Date of Execution: ca.1962
Place of Execution: Italy
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1962. Plants of Virgil's Georgics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: The wood blocks from which these prints were made were cut by Abbe in Italy from living plants, fifty of those mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in the Georgics. The research and travel for this production were aided by a grant from the Hunt Botanical Library.
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Accession Number: 1203.45
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Urginea scilla Steinh.''
Taxon:
Urginea Steinheil, Liliaceae
Description:
Medium: wood engraving
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
Image Size: 27.5 x 10
Edition: 4/50
Date of Execution: ca.1962
Place of Execution: Italy
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1962. Plants of Virgil's Georgics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: The wood blocks from which these prints were made were cut by Abbe in Italy from living plants, fifty of those mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in the Georgics. The research and travel for this production were aided by a grant from the Hunt Botanical Library.
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Accession Number: 1203.46
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Veratrum album L.''
Taxon:
Veratrum album Linnaeus, Liliaceae
Description:
Medium: wood engraving
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
Image Size: 23.5 x 15
Edition: 4/50
Date of Execution: ca.1962
Place of Execution: Italy
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1962. Plants of Virgil's Georgics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: The wood blocks from which these prints were made were cut by Abbe in Italy from living plants, fifty of those mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in the Georgics. The research and travel for this production were aided by a grant from the Hunt Botanical Library.
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Accession Number: 1203.47
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Verbena officinalis L.''
Taxon:
Verbena officinalis Linnaeus, Verbenaceae
Description:
Medium: wood engraving
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
Image Size: 27 x 13
Edition: 4/50
Date of Execution: ca.1962
Place of Execution: Italy
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1962. Plants of Virgil's Georgics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: The wood blocks from which these prints were made were cut by Abbe in Italy from living plants, fifty of those mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in the Georgics. The research and travel for this production were aided by a grant from the Hunt Botanical Library.
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Accession Number: 1203.48
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Vicia faba L.''
Taxon:
Vicia faba Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Description: fruiting branch
Medium: wood engraving
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
Image Size: 17.5 x 13
Edition: 4/50
Date of Execution: ca.1962
Place of Execution: Italy
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1962. Plants of Virgil's Georgics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: The wood blocks from which these prints were made were cut by Abbe in Italy from living plants, fifty of those mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in the Georgics. The research and travel for this production were aided by a grant from the Hunt Botanical Library.
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Accession Number: 1203.49
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Vicia sativa L.''
Taxon:
Vicia sativa Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Description: fruiting branch
Medium: wood engraving
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
Image Size: 20.5 x 18.5
Edition: 4/50
Date of Execution: ca.1962
Place of Execution: Italy
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1962. Plants of Virgil's Georgics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: The wood blocks from which these prints were made were cut by Abbe in Italy from living plants, fifty of those mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in the Georgics. The research and travel for this production were aided by a grant from the Hunt Botanical Library.
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Accession Number: 1203.50
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Vigna sinensis (L.) Endl.''
Taxon:
Vigna sinensis (Linnaeus) Savi ex Hasskarl, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Description: fruiting branch
Medium: wood engraving
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 23
Image Size: 27.5 x 18
Edition: 4/50
Date of Execution: ca.1962
Place of Execution: Italy
Signature: E. Abbe (b.r.)
Published: Abbe, E. 1962. Plants of Virgil's Georgics. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes: The wood blocks from which these prints were made were cut by Abbe in Italy from living plants, fifty of those mentioned by the Roman poet Virgil in the Georgics. The research and travel for this production were aided by a grant from the Hunt Botanical Library.
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Accession Number: 1204
Artist Name: Abbe, Elfriede
Life Span: (1919-2012)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: Cornus florida L.
Taxon:
Cornus florida Linnaeus, Cornaceae
Description:
Medium: wood engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 36 x 25.5
Image Size: 24 x 19.5
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Elfriede Abbe (b.r.)
Published:
Printmaker: Elfriede Abbe
Notes:
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Accession Number: 1205
Artist Name: Adams, (Moulton) Lee
Life Span: (1922-1971)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Petrea volubilis
Taxon:
Petrea volubilis Linnaeus, Verbenaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 73.3 x 58.2
Image Size: 57 x 45.5
Edition:
Date of Execution: 1965
Place of Execution:
Signature: Lee Adams (b.l.)
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International] (1964)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H.M., comp. 1964. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International]. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library.
Accession Number: 1206
Artist Name: Adams, (Moulton) Lee
Life Span: (1922-1971)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Bougainvillea glabra
Taxon:
Bougainvillea glabra Choisy, Nyctaginaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 73.5 x 58.3
Image Size: 53 x 44
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Lee Adams (b.r.)
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International] (1964)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H.M., comp. 1964. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International]. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library.
Accession Number: 1207
Artist Name: Bostock, James Edward
Life Span: (1917-2006)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Cacti
Taxon:
Description: cacti in pots
Medium: wood engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 25.5 x 18
Image Size: 20.5 x 15.5
Edition:
Date of Execution: ca.1952
Place of Execution:
Signature: James Bostock (b.r.)
Published:
Printmaker: James Edward Bostock
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A., comp. 1972. 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 17.
