Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 2012
Artist Name: Guicciardini, Giulia
Life Span: (fl.early 1800s)
Nationality: Italy
Gender: Female
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Title: Dracunculus vulgaris
Taxon:
Dracunculus P. Miller, Araceae
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Medium: gouache
Support: paper
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Accession Number: 2013
Artist Name: Ehret, Georg Dionys
Life Span: (1708-1770)
Nationality: Germany and England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: Musa; fructu ...
Taxon:
Musa ? Linnaeus, Musaceae
Description:
Medium: etching
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 76 x 53.5
Image Size: 63.5 x 46.5
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Signature: G. E. [sic] Ehret, fecit (b.r. in plate)
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Accession Number: 2018
Artist Name: Ehret, Georg Dionys
Life Span: (1708-1770)
Nationality: Germany and England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: Pancratium foliis ensiformibus, spatha multiflora, floribus magnis candidis fragrantibus
Taxon:
Hymenocallis Salisbury, Amaryllidaceae
Description:
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 49.5 x 33
Image Size: 42.5 x 28.5
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Published: Trew, C. J. 1750-1773. Plantae Selectae ... Nuremberg: s.n. Pl. 27.
Printmaker: Johann Jacob Haid (1704–1767)
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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: 2019
Artist Name: Ehret, Georg Dionys
Life Span: (1708-1770)
Nationality: Germany and England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: Fig. 1. Blattaria flore ... Fig. 2. Blattaria flore ...
Taxon:
Verbascum Linnaeus, Scrophulariaceae
Description:
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 49.5 x 33
Image Size: 42.5 x 28.5
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Notes: ''Tab. XVI'' (t.r.).
HIBD Exhibitions: An Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration by Lee Adams, George D. Ehret (1967)
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Accession Number: 2021
Artist Name: Ehret, Georg Dionys
Life Span: (1708-1770)
Nationality: Germany and England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: Meadia folius ...
Taxon:
Dodecatheon Linnaeus, Primulaceae
Description:
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 49.5 x 33
Image Size: 42.5 x 28.5
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Notes: ''Tab. XII'' (t.r.).
HIBD Exhibitions: An Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration by Lee Adams, George D. Ehret (1967)
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Accession Number: 2023
Artist Name: Unknown
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Taxon:
Physalis Linnaeus, Solanaceae
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Medium: nature print, watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 41.5 x 26
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Accession Number: 2059
Artist Name: Lawrance, Mary
Life Span: (fl.1790-1831)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Title: Rosa centifolia E., Single velvet rose
Taxon:
Rosa Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: etching, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 47.2 x 32.5
Image Size: 33.3 x 27.8
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Date of Execution: ca.1798
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Published: Lawrance, M. [1796] 1799 [-1810]. A Collection of Roses from Nature. London: the author. Pl. 59.
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Notes: also calligraphic note from the period
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Accession Number: 2061
Artist Name: Readio, Wilfred A.
Life Span: (1895-1961)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Plantain lillies
Taxon:
Galanthus Linnaeus, Amaryllidaceae; Hosta Trattinnick, Liliaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 37 x 44.5
Image Size: 30 x 37
Edition: 13/20
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HIBD Exhibitions: Exhibition of 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. P. 64.
Accession Number: 2062
Artist Name: Readio, Wilfred A.
Life Span: (1895-1961)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Tangle 4
Taxon:
Galanthus Linnaeus, Amaryllidaceae; Hosta Trattinnick, Liliaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 46
Image Size: 30 x 37
Edition: 6/12
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Accession Number: 2063
Artist Name: Readio, Wilfred A.
Life Span: (1895-1961)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Cleome 2
Taxon:
Cleome Linnaeus, Capparidaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 36.5 x 43.5
Image Size: 30.5 x 37
Edition: 1/9
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HIBD Exhibitions: Exhibition of 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. P. 64.
Accession Number: 2064
Artist Name: Readio, Wilfred A.
Life Span: (1895-1961)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Iris
Taxon:
Iris Linnaeus, Iridaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35.5 x 28
Image Size: 30.5 x 25
Edition: 2/20
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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. P. 64.
Accession Number: 2065
Artist Name: Readio, Wilfred A.
Life Span: (1895-1961)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Taxon:
Asclepias Linnaeus, Asclepiadaceae
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Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35.5 x 28
Image Size: 30.5 x 25
Edition: 1/18
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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. P. 64.
Accession Number: 2066
Artist Name: Readio, Wilfred A.
Life Span: (1895-1961)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Angloema [sic]
Taxon:
Aglaonema H. W. Schott, Araceae
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Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 28 x 37
Image Size: 19 x 33
Edition: 7/8
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Accession Number: 2067.01
Artist Name: Redouté, Pierre-Joseph
Life Span: (1759-1840)
Nationality: Belgium
Gender: Male
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Taxon:
Epilobium angustifolium Linnaeus, Onagraceae
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Medium: grisaille [gray monochrome watercolor wash] with extraneous watercolor brush marks
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 15 x 11 oval
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Signature: P. J. Redouté (b.l.)
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Notes: bound in album
HIBD Exhibitions: Exhibition of Redoutéana (21 April–1 August 1963)
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Accession Number: 2067.02
Artist Name: Redouté, Pierre-Joseph
Life Span: (1759-1840)
Nationality: Belgium
Gender: Male
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Taxon:
Epilobium angustifolium Linnaeus, Onagraceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor, pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 6.5 x 10
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Date of Execution: 1840
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Signature: donné par M. Redouté (b.c.)
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Notes: bound in album
HIBD Exhibitions: Exhibition of Redoutéana (21 April–1 August 1963)
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Accession Number: 2067.03
Artist Name: Redouté, Pierre-Joseph
Life Span: (1759-1840)
Nationality: Belgium
Gender: Male
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Taxon:
Iris Linnaeus, Iridaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 7 x 12
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Signature: Redouté (b.l.)
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Notes: bound in album
HIBD Exhibitions: Exhibition of Redoutéana (21 April–1 August 1963)
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Accession Number: 2067.04
Artist Name: Redouté, Pierre-Joseph
Life Span: (1759-1840)
Nationality: Belgium
Gender: Male
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Taxon:
Celastrales ? Link, Celastraceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 5.5 x 11
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Signature: Redouté (b.l.)
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Notes: bound in album
HIBD Exhibitions: Exhibition of Redoutéana (21 April–1 August 1963)
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Accession Number: 2067.05
Artist Name: Redouté, Pierre-Joseph
Life Span: (1759-1840)
Nationality: Belgium
Gender: Male
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Taxon:
Rosa Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 15.5 x 9
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Notes: bound in album
HIBD Exhibitions: Exhibition of Redoutéana (21 April–1 August 1963)
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Accession Number: 2067.06
Artist Name: Redouté, Pierre-Joseph
Life Span: (1759-1840)
Nationality: Belgium
Gender: Male
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Taxon:
Ilex ? Linnaeus, Aquifoliaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 15.5 x 11.5
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Notes: bound in album
HIBD Exhibitions: Exhibition of Redoutéana (21 April–1 August 1963)
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Accession Number: 2067.07
Artist Name: Redouté, Pierre-Joseph
Life Span: (1759-1840)
Nationality: Belgium
Gender: Male
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Title:
Taxon:
Tigridia pavonia (Linnaeus fil.) de Candolle, Iridaceae
Description: floral details
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 17 x 9.5
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Signature: Redouté (b.l.)
Published: Redouté, P.-J. 1802-1808[-1816]. Les Liliacées. 8 vols. Paris: for the author, printed by Didot. Vol. 1. Pl. 5.
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Notes: Also stipple engraving (see accession no. 0018). Bound in album.
HIBD Exhibitions: Exhibition of Redoutéana (21 April–1 August 1963)
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Accession Number: 2067.08
Artist Name: Redouté, Pierre-Joseph
Life Span: (1759-1840)
Nationality: Belgium
Gender: Male
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Taxon:
Caryophyllaceae ?
Description:
Medium: pencil
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Dimensions (cm): 16.5 x 11
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Notes: bound in album
HIBD Exhibitions: Exhibition of Redoutéana (21 April–1 August 1963)
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Accession Number: 2067.09
Artist Name: Redouté, Pierre-Joseph
Life Span: (1759-1840)
Nationality: Belgium
Gender: Male
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Title:
Taxon:
Monocotyledoneae
Description: details
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 10 x 11.5
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Date of Execution: 1840
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Signature: donné par M. Redouté (b.c.)
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Notes: bound in album
HIBD Exhibitions: Exhibition of Redoutéana (21 April–1 August 1963)
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Accession Number: 2067.10
Artist Name: Redouté, Pierre-Joseph
Life Span: (1759-1840)
Nationality: Belgium
Gender: Male
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Taxon:
Leucocoprinus Patouillard, Fungi, Agaricaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor, pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 16 x 10.5
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Notes: bound in album
HIBD Exhibitions: Exhibition of Redoutéana (21 April–1 August 1963)
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Accession Number: 2067.11
Artist Name: Redouté, Pierre-Joseph
Life Span: (1759-1840)
Nationality: Belgium
Gender: Male
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Taxon:
Lactarius Persoon, Fungi, Agaricaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor, pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 16.5 x 10.5
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Notes: bound in album
HIBD Exhibitions: Exhibition of Redoutéana (21 April–1 August 1963)
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Accession Number: 2067.12
Artist Name: Redouté, Pierre-Joseph
Life Span: (1759-1840)
Nationality: Belgium
Gender: Male
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Taxon:
Mycena ? (Persoon) Roussel, Fungi, Agaricaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor, pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 16 x 11
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Notes: bound in album
HIBD Exhibitions: Exhibition of Redoutéana (21 April–1 August 1963)
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