Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
Scroll down after clicking "Search" to view results.
Accession Number: 0058
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: (1772-1846)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Gordonia pubescens
Taxon:
Gordonia pubescens L'Héritier, Theaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 26.6 x 20.9
Image Size: 18.4 x 11.7
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: P. Bessa (b.l.)
Published: Herb. Gén. Amateur. 4: pl. 236. 1820.; Herb. Amateur Fleurs. 8: pl. 573. 1835.; Bessa, P. 1836. Flore des Jardiniers, Amateurs et Manufacturiers. 3 vols. Paris: Audot, Vol. 2.
Printmaker:
Notes: Exhibited in Books Drawings Prints from the Botanical Collection of Mrs. Roy Arthur Hunt, University of Virginia, 25 April–10 June 1952, hosted by the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; as “Gordonia pubescens” in Bessa, Flore des Jardiniers, Amateurs et Manufacturiers (Paris: Audot, 1836, vol. 2, unnumbered pl.)
HIBD Exhibitions: Pancrace Bessa and the Golden Age of French Botanical Illustration (2008)
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0059
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: (1772-1846)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Dracontium polyphyllum
Taxon:
Dracontium polyphyllum Linnaeus, Araceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 26.6 x 20.8
Image Size: 18.4 x 11.6
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: P. Bessa (b.l.)
Published: Herb. Gén. Amateur. 8: pl. 506. 1827.; Herb. Amateur Fleurs. 8: pl. 535. 1835.
Printmaker:
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: Pancrace Bessa and the Golden Age of French Botanical Illustration (2008)
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0060
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: (1772-1846)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Enkianthus quinqueflora
Taxon:
Enkianthus quinqueflorus Loureiro, Ericaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 26.7 x 20.6
Image Size: 18.5 x 11.5
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: P. Bessa (b.l.)
Published: Herb. Gén. Amateur. 8: pl. 555. 1827.; Herb. Amateur Fleurs. 1: pl. 19. 1828.; Bessa, P. 1836. Flore des Jardiniers, Amateurs et Manufacturiers. 3 vols. Paris: Audot, Vol. ?.
Printmaker:
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: Pancrace Bessa and the Golden Age of French Botanical Illustration (2008)
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0061
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: (1772-1846)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Fig. 1. Malus hybrida. Pommier hybride. Fig. 2. Malus spectabilis. Pommier à bouquets
Taxon:
Malus P. Miller, Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: stipple engraving, printed in color and finished with watercolor washes
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 53.4 x 35.1
Image Size: 30.5 x 23
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Duhamel du Monceau, H. L. [1800–]1801–1819. Traité des Arbres et Arbustes que l’on Cultive en France [title pages vary]. Paris: Didot. Vol. 6, Pl. 42.
Printmaker: Dubreuil
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0062
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: (1772-1846)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Fig. 1. Abricotier noir à feuilles de Pêcher. Fig. 2. Abricot de Hollande
Taxon:
Prunus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: stipple engraving, printed in color and finished with watercolor washes
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 53.1 x 35.1
Image Size: 30.6 x 22.7
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Duhamel du Monceau, H. L. [1800–]1801–1819. Traité des Arbres et Arbustes que l’on Cultive en France [title pages vary]. Paris: Didot. Vol. 5. Pl. 52.
Printmaker: Tassaerte
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0063
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: (1772-1846)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Ranunculus asiaticus var. Renoneule Asiatique
Taxon:
Ranunculus Linnaeus, Ranunculaceae
Description:
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 25 x 19.8
Image Size: 21.5 x 13.3
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Herb. Gén. Amateur. 8: pl. 516. 1820.; Herb. Amateur Fleurs. 6: pl. 395. 1833.
Printmaker: Barrois
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0064
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: (1772-1846)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:
Cydonia Tournefort ex Miller, Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: stipple engraving, printed in color and finished with watercolor washes
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 57.3 x 41.2
Image Size: 49.5 x 37
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Bessa, P. 1808. Fleurs et Fruits: Gravés et Coloriés sur les Peintures Aquarelles Faites d’après Nature. Paris: the author. 1808.
Printmaker: J. F. Cazenave (1793–1843)
Notes: One of 24 unnumbered plates.
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0065
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: (1772-1846)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:
Althaea Linnaeus, Malvaceae
Description:
Medium: stipple engraving, printed in color à la pupée
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 55.3 x 38.5
Image Size: 50.5 x 37.5
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Bessa, P. 1808. Fleurs et Fruits: Gravés et Coloriés sur les Peintures Aquarelles Faites d’après Nature. Paris: the author.
Printmaker: Clement
Notes: One of 24 unnumbered pls.
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0066
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: (1772-1846)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:
Prunus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: stipple engraving, printed in color and finished with watercolor washes, from painting by Bessa
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm):
Image Size: 49 x 36 mat opening
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Bessa, P. 1808. Fleurs et Fruits: Gravés et Coloriés sur les Peintures Aquarelles Faites d’après Nature. Paris: the author.
Printmaker: Clement
Notes: One of 24 unnumbered plates.
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0067
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: (1772-1846)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:
Prunus cerasus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: stipple engraving, printed in color à la pupée
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 55.2 x 38.2
Image Size: (sheet cut down, PM not visible); 50 x 37.5 mat opening
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Bessa, P. 1808. Fleurs et Fruits: Gravés et Coloriés sur les Peintures Aquarelles Faites d’après Nature. Paris: the author.
Printmaker: Lambert
Notes: One of 24 unnumbered plates.
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0073
Artist Name: Prévost, Jean-Louis
Life Span: (1760-1810)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon: Delphinium Linnaeus, Ranunculaceae; Papaver Linnaeus, Papaveraceae; Rosa Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description: delphinium, poppy, rose leaves
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 40.5 x 26
Image Size: 40.5 x 26
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: J. L. Prevost (b.r.)
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Exhibited in Books Drawings Prints from the Botanical Collection of Mrs. Roy Arthur Hunt, University of Virginia, 25 April–10 June 1952, hosted by the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0077
Artist Name: Prévost, Jean-Louis
Life Span: (1760-1810)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:
Iris Linnaeus, Iridaceae; Narcissus Linnaeus, Amaryllidaceae; Rosa Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description: bunch of flowers
Medium: stipple engraving, printed in color and finished by hand
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 52.8 x 35.1
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Prévost, J.-L. 1805. Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits. Paris: Vilquin. Pl. 21.
Printmaker: Ruotte, Louis Charles
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0079
Artist Name: Prévost, Jean-Louis
Life Span: (1760-1810)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:
Brassica Linnaeus, Brassicaceae; Nerium Linnaeus, Apocynaceae, Lavatera Linnaeus, Malvaceae
Description: bunch of flowers
Medium: stipple engraving, printed in color and finished by hand
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 52.8 x 35
Image Size: 52.5 x 34.4
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Prévost, J.-L. 1805. Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits. Paris: Vilquin. Pl. 35.
Printmaker: Ruotte, Louis Charles
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0080
Artist Name: Prévost, Jean-Louis
Life Span: (1760-1810)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:
Dianthus Linnaeus, Caryophyllaceae
Description:
Medium: stipple engraving, printed in color and finished by hand
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 52.7 x 34.6
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Prévost, J.-L. 1805. Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits. Paris: Vilquin. Pl. 38.
Printmaker: Ruotte, Louis Charles
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: Duets, 2014
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0081
Artist Name: Prévost, Jean-Louis
Life Span: (1760-1810)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view full size):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:
Papaver Linnaeus, Papaveraceae
Description:
Medium: stipple engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 53 x 35.5
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Prévost, J.-L. 1805. Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits. Paris: Vilquin. Pl. 42.
Printmaker: Ruotte
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0082
Artist Name: Prévost, Jean-Louis
Life Span: (1760-1810)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:
Althaea Linnaeus, Malvaceae
Description:
Medium: stipple engraving, printed in color and finished by hand
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 50 x 33.5
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Prévost, J.-L. 1805. Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits. Paris: Vilquin. Pl. 15.
Printmaker: Ruotte, Louis Charles
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0085
Artist Name: Prévost, Jean-Louis
Life Span: (1760-1810)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:
Description: flowers in basket
Medium: stipple engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 29.5 x 42.2
Image Size: 26.5 x 34
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: "19me Cier" (t.l.), "No. 2" (t.r.).
Printmaker: Legrand, Augustin
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0088
Artist Name: Robert, Nicolas
Life Span: (1614-1685)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:
Erythrina corallodendrum Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 44.5 x 33
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Exhibited in Books Drawings Prints from the Botanical Collection of Mrs. Roy Arthur Hunt, University of Virginia, 25 April–10 June 1952, hosted by the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
HIBD Exhibitions: Botany and History Entwined: Rachel Hunt's Legacy (2011)
HIBD Publications: Tancin, C. A., L. B. 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: 0089
Artist Name: Robert, Nicolas
Life Span: (1614-1685)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:
Hippeastrum vittatum (L'Héritier de Brutelle) Herbert, Amaryllidaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 44 x 32.5
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Exhibited in Books Drawings Prints from the Botanical Collection of Mrs. Roy Arthur Hunt, University of Virginia, 25 April–10 June 1952, hosted by the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0090
Artist Name: Robert, Nicolas
Life Span: (1614-1685)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:
Hyacinthus Linnaeus, Liliaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 43.5 x 31.5
Image Size: 42 x 30
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Exhibited in Books Drawings Prints from the Botanical Collection of Mrs. Roy Arthur Hunt, University of Virginia, 25 April–10 June 1952, hosted by the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0091
Artist Name: Cousin, Adele
Life Span:
Nationality:
Gender: Female
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:
Description: flowers
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 27.5 x 21.5
Image Size: 26 x 19
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Adele Cousin (b.r.)
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0092
Artist Name: Prévost, Jean-Louis
Life Span: (1760-1810)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Pavot
Taxon:
Papaver Linnaeus, Papaveraceae
Description:
Medium: stipple engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 41 x 28.5
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: "3d Cahier" (t.l.), "No 2" (t.r.).
Printmaker: Legrand, Augustin
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0093
Artist Name: Prévost, Jean-Louis
Life Span: (1760-1810)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Hortentia
Taxon:
Hydrangea Linnaeus, Saxifragaceae
Description:
Medium: stipple engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 43 x 29.5
Image Size: 29 x 21.5
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: "Premier cahier" (t.l.), "No 4 "(t.r.).
Printmaker: Legrand, Augustin
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0094
Artist Name: Turpin, Pierre Jean François
Life Span: (1775-1840)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Abatia verbascifolia
Taxon:
Abatia parviflora Ruiz et Pavon, Flacourtiaceae
Description:
Medium: stipple engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 23.5
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Bonpland, A., A. Von Humboldt and K. S. Kunth. 1815-1827. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum. 7 vols. Paris: Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanico. Vol. 5. Pl. 486.
Printmaker:
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0095
Artist Name: Turpin, Pierre Jean François
Life Span: (1775-1840)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Nerprum alaterne, Rhamnus alaternus L.
Taxon:
Rhamnus Linnaeus, Rhamnaceae
Description:
Medium: stipple engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 20.5 x 11.5
Image Size: 15 x 9
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Turpin, P. J. F. 1816–1829. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Planches. 5 vols. Paris, Strasbourg: F. G. Levrault.
Printmaker: Monsaldi
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
