Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute

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Accession Number: 0058
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: (1772-1846)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Gordonia pubescens
Taxon:

Gordonia pubescens L'Héritier, Theaceae

Description: White flower with leaves and insets at bottom
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 26.6 x 20.9
Image Size: 18.4 x 11.7
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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.
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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)
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Accession Number: 0059
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: (1772-1846)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Dracontium polyphyllum
Taxon:

Dracontium polyphyllum Linnaeus, Araceae

Description: Stem with leaves and sprouting bud inset at bottom
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 26.6 x 20.8
Image Size: 18.4 x 11.6
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Signature: P. Bessa (b.l.)
Published: Herb. Gén. Amateur. 8: pl. 506. 1827.; Herb. Amateur Fleurs. 8: pl. 535. 1835.
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HIBD Exhibitions: Pancrace Bessa and the Golden Age of French Botanical Illustration (2008)
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Accession Number: 0060
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: (1772-1846)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Enkianthus quinqueflora
Taxon:

Enkianthus quinqueflorus Loureiro, Ericaceae

Description: Stem with red and white flowers and red and green leaves at the top. Blue and red leaf in bottom left, with insets in bottom right
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 26.7 x 20.6
Image Size: 18.5 x 11.5
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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. ?.
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HIBD Exhibitions: Pancrace Bessa and the Golden Age of French Botanical Illustration (2008)
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Accession Number: 0061
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: (1772-1846)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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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: Diagrams of yellow fruit, pink and white flowers, all with green leaves.
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
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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
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Accession Number: 0062
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: (1772-1846)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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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: Stem with both jagged and rough leaves and one fruit on left. Diagram of orange fruit in top right with insets at bottom.
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
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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
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Accession Number: 0063
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: (1772-1846)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Ranunculus asiaticus var. Renoneule Asiatique
Taxon:

Ranunculus Linnaeus, Ranunculaceae

Description: Stems with leaves, one having a pink and red flower, and the other having a yellow flower
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 25 x 19.8
Image Size: 21.5 x 13.3
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Published: Herb. Gén. Amateur. 8: pl. 516. 1820.; Herb. Amateur Fleurs. 6: pl. 395. 1833.
Printmaker: Barrois
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Accession Number: 0064
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: (1772-1846)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
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Cydonia Tournefort ex Miller, Rosaceae

Description: Stem with leaves and two green fruits
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
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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.
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Accession Number: 0065
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: (1772-1846)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
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Althaea Linnaeus, Malvaceae

Description: Stem with leaves and red, white, and pink flowers
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
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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.
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Accession Number: 0066
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: (1772-1846)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
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Prunus Linnaeus, Rosaceae

Description: Stem with orange and yellow fruit and leaves
Medium: stipple engraving, printed in color and finished with watercolor washes, from painting by Bessa
Support: paper
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Image Size: 49 x 36 mat opening
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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.
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Accession Number: 0067
Artist Name: Bessa, Pancrace
Life Span: (1772-1846)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
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Prunus cerasus Linnaeus, Rosaceae

Description: Stem with leaves and light red cherries
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
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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.
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Accession Number: 0073
Artist Name: Prévost, Jean-Louis
Life Span: (1760-1810)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
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Taxon: Delphinium Linnaeus, Ranunculaceae; Papaver Linnaeus, Papaveraceae; Rosa Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description: Purple delphinium flowers with a red poppy, and rose leaves
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 40.5 x 26
Image Size: 40.5 x 26
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Signature: J. L. Prevost (b.r.)
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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
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Accession Number: 0077
Artist Name: Prévost, Jean-Louis
Life Span: (1760-1810)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
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Iris Linnaeus, Iridaceae; Narcissus Linnaeus, Amaryllidaceae; Rosa Linnaeus, Rosaceae

Description: Collection of white, blue, pink, and yellow flowers with leaves. Two stems have thorns
Medium: stipple engraving, printed in color and finished by hand
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 52.8 x 35.1
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Published: Prévost, J.-L. 1805. Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits. Paris: Vilquin. Pl. 21.
Printmaker: Ruotte, Louis Charles
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Accession Number: 0079
Artist Name: Prévost, Jean-Louis
Life Span: (1760-1810)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
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Brassica Linnaeus, Brassicaceae; Nerium Linnaeus, Apocynaceae, Lavatera Linnaeus, Malvaceae

Description: Collection of white, dark red, and dark purple flowers with leaves and a few small yellow 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
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Published: Prévost, J.-L. 1805. Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits. Paris: Vilquin. Pl. 35.
Printmaker: Ruotte, Louis Charles
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Accession Number: 0080
Artist Name: Prévost, Jean-Louis
Life Span: (1760-1810)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
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Dianthus Linnaeus, Caryophyllaceae

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Medium: stipple engraving, printed in color and finished by hand
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 52.7 x 34.6
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Published: Prévost, J.-L. 1805. Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits. Paris: Vilquin. Pl. 38.
Printmaker: Ruotte, Louis Charles
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HIBD Exhibitions: Duets, 2014
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Accession Number: 0081
Artist Name: Prévost, Jean-Louis
Life Span: (1760-1810)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Title:
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Papaver Linnaeus, Papaveraceae

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Medium: stipple engraving
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Dimensions (cm): 53 x 35.5
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Published: Prévost, J.-L. 1805. Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits. Paris: Vilquin. Pl. 42.
Printmaker: Ruotte
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Accession Number: 0082
Artist Name: Prévost, Jean-Louis
Life Span: (1760-1810)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
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Althaea Linnaeus, Malvaceae

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Medium: stipple engraving, printed in color and finished by hand
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 50 x 33.5
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Published: Prévost, J.-L. 1805. Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits. Paris: Vilquin. Pl. 15.
Printmaker: Ruotte, Louis Charles
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Accession Number: 0085
Artist Name: Prévost, Jean-Louis
Life Span: (1760-1810)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
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Description: Basket of white, pink, dark purple, yellow and green, and small red red flowers with leaves set on a table
Medium: stipple engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 29.5 x 42.2
Image Size: 26.5 x 34
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Published: "19me Cier" (t.l.), "No. 2" (t.r.).
Printmaker: Legrand, Augustin
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Accession Number: 0088
Artist Name: Robert, Nicolas
Life Span: (1614-1685)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
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Erythrina corallodendrum Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

Description: Stem with many pink petals and leaves
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 44.5 x 33
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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
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
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Hippeastrum vittatum (L'Héritier de Brutelle) Herbert, Amaryllidaceae

Description: Stem with two orange flowers and leaves at the base
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 44 x 32.5
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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
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Accession Number: 0090
Artist Name: Robert, Nicolas
Life Span: (1614-1685)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
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Hyacinthus Linnaeus, Liliaceae

Description: Two stems, one with light pink and one with indigo flowers, with leaves at the base
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 43.5 x 31.5
Image Size: 42 x 30
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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
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Accession Number: 0091
Artist Name: Cousin, Adele
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Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
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Description: Bouquet of yellow, white, red, indigo, and purple flowers with leaves
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 27.5 x 21.5
Image Size: 26 x 19
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Signature: Adele Cousin (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 0092
Artist Name: Prévost, Jean-Louis
Life Span: (1760-1810)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Pavot
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Papaver Linnaeus, Papaveraceae

Description: Wilting purple flowers with buds and leaves
Medium: stipple engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 41 x 28.5
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Published: "3d Cahier" (t.l.), "No 2" (t.r.).
Printmaker: Legrand, Augustin
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Accession Number: 0093
Artist Name: Prévost, Jean-Louis
Life Span: (1760-1810)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Hortentia
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Hydrangea Linnaeus, Saxifragaceae

Description: Pink and dark red flowers with jagged leaves
Medium: stipple engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 43 x 29.5
Image Size: 29 x 21.5
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Published: "Premier cahier" (t.l.), "No 4 "(t.r.).
Printmaker: Legrand, Augustin
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Accession Number: 0094
Artist Name: Turpin, Pierre Jean François
Life Span: (1775-1840)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Abatia verbascifolia
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Abatia parviflora Ruiz et Pavon, Flacourtiaceae

Description: Monochromatic stem with many small flowers along it with large leaves at the base
Medium: stipple engraving
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Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 23.5
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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.
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Accession Number: 0095
Artist Name: Turpin, Pierre Jean François
Life Span: (1775-1840)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Title: Nerprum alaterne, Rhamnus alaternus L.
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Rhamnus Linnaeus, Rhamnaceae

Description: Monochromatic stem with many leaves and small flowers with collection of insets at bottom
Medium: stipple engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 20.5 x 11.5
Image Size: 15 x 9
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Published: Turpin, P. J. F. 1816–1829. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Planches. 5 vols. Paris, Strasbourg: F. G. Levrault.
Printmaker: Monsaldi
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