Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 0637
Artist Name: Unknown
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Crepis Linnaeus, Asteraceae alt. Compositae; Robinia Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
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Dimensions (cm): 25.5 x 32
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Accession Number: 0638
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.early 1800s)
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Althaea Linnaeus, Malvaceae; Erica Linnaeus, Ericaceae; Petunia A. L. Jussieu, Solanaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 37.5 x 27
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Accession Number: 0639
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1700s ?)
Nationality: Austria ?
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Iris Linnaeus, Iridaceae
Description: with butterfly
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Dimensions (cm): 37 x 23.5
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Accession Number: 0640
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1700s)
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Title: Bilfen Kraut, Hyoscianus niger
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Hyoscyamus niger Linnaeus, Solanaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 36.9 x 23.9
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HIBD Exhibitions: Botany and History Entwined: Rachel Hunt's Legacy (2011)
HIBD Publications: Tancin, C. A., L. B. Bruno, A. L. Todd and D. W. Brown. 2011. Botany and History Entwined: Rachel Hunt's Legacy. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 0641
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1700s)
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Title: Pavia
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Aesculus pavia Linnaeus, Hippocastanaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 36.8 x 24
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Accession Number: 0642
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
Nationality: France
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Description: flowers with insects, spider
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 21.5 x 16
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HIBD Exhibitions: Botany and History Entwined: Rachel Hunt's Legacy (2011)
HIBD Publications: Tancin, C. A., L. B. Bruno, A. L. Todd and D. W. Brown. 2011. Botany and History Entwined: Rachel Hunt's Legacy. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 0643
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1600s)
Nationality: France
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Description: flowers with insects, spider
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Dimensions (cm): 21 x 16
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Accession Number: 0644
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1600s)
Nationality: France
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Description: flowers with insects, spider
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Dimensions (cm): 21.5 x 16
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Accession Number: 0645
Artist Name: Goeree, Jan
Life Span: (1670-1731)
Nationality: Netherlands
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Title: Sedum maius ...
Taxon:
Aeonium Webb and Berthelot, Crassulaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 38.5 x 25.5
Image Size: 32 x 20.5
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Published: Munting, A. 1696. Naauwkeurige Beschryving der Aardgewassen ... Leiden and Utrecht: P. van der Aa and Francois Halma. Fol. 468 [variant plate, lacking fig. no. at top center].
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Accession Number: 0646
Artist Name: Goeree, Jan
Life Span: (1670-1731)
Nationality: Netherlands
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Title: Cyclamen aestivum ...
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Cyclamen Linnaeus, Primulaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 38.5 x 25.5
Image Size: 32 x 20.5
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Published: Munting, A. 1696. Naauwkeurige Beschryving der Aardgewassen ... Leiden and Utrecht: P. van der Aa and Francois Halma. Fol. 536 [variant plate, lacking fig. no. at top center].
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Accession Number: 0647
Artist Name: Goeree, Jan
Life Span: (1670-1731)
Nationality: Netherlands
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Title: Cyclamen rotundifolium ..., C. bipenninum ...
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Cyclamen Linnaeus, Primulaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 38.5 x 25.5
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Published: Munting, A. 1696. Naauwkeurige Beschryving der Aardgewassen ... Leiden and Utrecht: P. van der Aa and Francois Halma. Fol. 535 [variant plate, lacking fig. no. at top center].
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Accession Number: 0648
Artist Name: Goeree, Jan
Life Span: (1670-1731)
Nationality: Netherlands
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Title: Angelica baccifera
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Angelica Linnaeus, Apiaceae alt. Apiaceae alt. Umbelliferae
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Dimensions (cm): 38.5 x 25
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Published: Munting, A. 1696. Naauwkeurige Beschryving der Aardgewassen ... Leiden and Utrecht: P. van der Aa and Francois Halma. Fol. 330. Fig. 99 [variant plate, lacking fig. no. at top center].
Printmaker: Baptist, Jan (1629-?)
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Accession Number: 0650
Artist Name: Blume, Carl Ludwig
Life Span: (1796-1862)
Nationality: Germany
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Saribus rotundifolius
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Saribus Blume, Arecaceae alt. Palmae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 43 x 27
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Published: Blume, C. L. 1835–1848. Rumphia. 4 vols. Leyden: for the author. Vol. 2. Pl. 96.
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Accession Number: 0651
Artist Name: Blume, Carl Ludwig
Life Span: (1796-1862)
Nationality: Germany
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Aglaonema marantaefolia
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Aglaonema marantifolia Blume, Araceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 43.5 x 26.5
Image Size: 39.5 x 23.5
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Published: Blume, C. L. 1835–1848. Rumphia. 4 vols. Leyden: for the author. Vol. 1. Pl. 66.
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Accession Number: 0652
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1700s ?)
Nationality: Germany ?
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Secale Linnaeus, Poaceae alt. Gramineae
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Medium: etching
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Dimensions (cm): 42 x 31
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Notes: ''Busch excudit Berolini'' (b.r.).
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Accession Number: 0653
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Corylus Linnaeus, Betulaceae
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Medium: ink, wash
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Dimensions (cm): 47 x 38
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Accession Number: 0654
Artist Name: Unknown [possibly Volckamer (Volkamer), Johann Christoph, 1644–1720; Decker, Paul, 1677–1713; Steinberger, Johann Christoph; or Montalegre, Joseph de; among others]
Life Span: (fl.1708)
Nationality: Germany?
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Title: Aranzo Distorto ò monstroso' [with view of] Hrn. Leinckerts Garten
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Citrus Linnaeus, Rutaceae
Description: citrus with view of ''Hrn. Leinckerts Garten''
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Dimensions (cm): 35 x 22.5
Image Size: 32 x 20.5
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Published: Volkamer, J. C. 1708–1714. Nürnbergische Hesperides: Oder, Gründliche Beschreibung Der Edlen Citronat- Citronen- Und Pomeranzen-Früchte … 2 vols. Nuremberg: the author, Frankfurt and Leipzig: Johann Andreae Endters. P. 206b.
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Accession Number: 0655
Artist Name: Unknown [possibly Volckamer (Volkamer), Johann Christoph, 1644–1720; Decker, Paul, 1677–1713; Steinberger, Johann Christoph; or Montalegre, Joseph de; among others]
Life Span: (fl.1708)
Nationality: Germany?
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Title: [15 flowers numbered 35–49 with view of lady scrubbing floor with garden outside windows] 35. Primula veris flore umbellato duplici, superiore sanguineo, inferior ex sanguineo & luteo virente mixto; 36. Primula veris flore umbellato simplici, roseo, calyce folioso; 37. Primula veris floribus umbellatis simplicibus ex ferrugineo rubentibus; 38. Primula veris floribus umbellatis minoribus simplicibus laetè purpureis; 39. Primula veris floribus umbellatis simplicibus, dilutè purpurantibus, petalis in medio striis pallidis insignitis; 40. Primula veris flore umbellato duplici, superiore phoenice inferiore ex luteo & dilutè phoenicante mixto; 41. Primula veris flore umbellato simplici majore purpureo petalis, in medio linea pallidis insignitis, calycibus florum diffectis viridibus; 42. Primula veris floribus umbellatis simplicibus ex dilutè incarnato flavescentibus; 43. Primula veris floribus umbellatis simplicibus, intus aureis, extus phoeniceis, calycibus florum dissectis viridibus; 44. Primula veris floribus umbellatis majoribus dilutè incarnatis, calycibus viridibus & dissectis; 45. Primula veris floribus umbellatis simplicibus, intus aureis, extus ferrugineis, calycibus dissectis viridibus; 46. Primula veris floribus umbellatis duplicibus, superiore ex luteo dilutè rubente inferiore ex viridi & luteo rubente variegate; 47. Primula veris floribus umbellatis duplicibus, superiore & inferiore laetè phoeniceis; 48. Primula veris floribus umbellatis simplicibus phoeniceis singulis petalis in medio linea pallida insignitis calycibus florum dissectis viridibus; 49. Primula veris floribus umbellatis duplicibus mojoribus, superiore & inferiore saturate puniceo].
Taxon:
Primula Linnaeus, Primulaceae
Description: 15 flowers with view of lady scrubbing floor with garden outside windows
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Dimensions (cm): 35 x 22.5
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Published: Volkamer, J. C. 1708–1714. Nürnbergische Hesperides: Oder, Gründliche Beschreibung Der Edlen Citronat- Citronen- Und Pomeranzen-Früchte … 2 vols. Nuremberg: the author, Frankfurt and Leipzig: Johann Andreae Endters. P. 220c.
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Accession Number: 0656
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1486)
Nationality: Germany
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Title: Das wilder galgan
Taxon:
Cyperus esculentus Linnaeus, Cyperaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 27 x 19
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Published: Unknown. 1486. Gart der Gesundheit. Augsburg: Johann Schonsperger.
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Accession Number: 0657
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Life Span: (fl.1486)
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Title: Aloe
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Aloe Linnaeus, Liliaceae
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Published: Unknown. 1486. Gart der Gesundheit. Augsburg: Johann Schonsperger.
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Accession Number: 0658
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Title: Aristologia
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Aristolochia Linnaeus ?, Aristolochiaceae
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Published: Unknown. 1486. Gart der Gesundheit. Augsburg: Johann Schonsperger.
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Accession Number: 0659
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1486)
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Title: Avena
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Avena Linnaeus, Poaceae alt. Gramineae
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Published: Unknown. 1486. Gart der Gesundheit. Augsburg: Johann Schonsperger.
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Accession Number: 0661
Artist Name: Unknown [Ubertini, Cesare ?]
Life Span: (fl.ca.1772–1793)?
Nationality: Italy ?
Gender: Male ?
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Title: Nymphoides aquis innatans T. R. H. 153, Ital. Nymfea minore
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Nymphaeaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 53 x 38
Image Size: 32.5 x 21
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Notes: ''T. II'' (t.l.), ''Tab. 67'' (t.r.), ''T.R.H. 153'' (b.r.) written in ink; Uncertain if this is an original watercolor FOR or a copy FROM Giorgio Bonelli, Hortus Romanus Secundus systematics J. P. Tournefourtii a Nicolao Martellio Aquilano Medico Doctore Linnaeanis characteribus expositus adjectis singularum plantarum analysi ac viribus. (1772–1793, Rome: Bouchard and Gravier, Vol. 2, Plate 67);
written in pencil bottom right corner: 594/3. [See: Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi and Tony Willis, An Oak Spring Herbaria, Upperville, Virginia: Oak Spring Garden Library, 2009, pp. 277–285.]
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Accession Number: 0662
Artist Name: Sandler, Wilhelm
Life Span: (fl.ca.1831)
Nationality: Austria
Gender: Male
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Title: Lophostachys villosa
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Lophostachys Pohl, Acanthaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 55 x 37.5
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Published: Pohl, J. B. E. [1826–]1827–1831[–1833]. Plantarum Brasiliae Icones et Descriptiones. 2 vols. Vienna: A. Strauss. Vol. 2. Pl. 161.
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Accession Number: 0663
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1800s)
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Title: Tradescantia tumida Lindl., Thysanotus intricatus Lindl., T[radescantia] iridescens Lindl.
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Thysanotus R. Brown, Liliaceae; Tradescantia Linnaeus, Commelinaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 27.5 x 22.5
Image Size: 24.5 x 19
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Printmaker: Kirchner, F.
Notes: ''Commelinaceae VI. i.'' (t.r.), ''Liliaceae VI. 1.'' (t.r.), ''69'' (c.l.), ''70'' (b.c.), ''71'' (c.r.).
Note similarity of the subjects to those drawn by Miss Drake and W. B. Booth for pls. 4, 34 and 42 of Edward's Bot. Reg. 26: 1840.
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