Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute

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Accession Number: 2142
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham ? or Kilburn, William ? or Sowerby, James ?
Life Span: (1769?-1819) or (1745-1818) or (1757-1822)
Nationality: England and Ireland, or England or England
Gender: Male
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Title: Valeriana dioica. Marsh valerian
Taxon:

Valeriana dioica Linnaeus, Valerianaceae

Description:
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 46.5 x 28
Image Size: 42.5 x 26
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Published: Curtis, W. [1775–]1777–1798. Flora Londinensis. 2 vols. London: printed for the author and B. White. Vol. 2. Fasc. 4. No. 47. Pl. 278.
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Accession Number: 2146
Artist Name: Kilburn, William
Life Span: (1745-1818)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Butomus umbellatus
Taxon:

Butomus umbellatus Linnaeus, Butomaceae

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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 49 x 30
Image Size: 44 x 26 mat opening
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Published: Curtis, W. [1775–]1777–1798. Flora Londinensis. 2 vols. London: printed for the author and B. White.
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Accession Number: 2147
Artist Name: Henry, Aimé Constant Fidèle ? and Hohe ? and Wild, T. ?
Life Span: (1801-1875) and (Unknown) and (Unknown)
Nationality: France and Unknown and Unknown
Gender: Male
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Title: Hibbertia dentata R. Br.
Taxon:

Hibbertia dentata de Candolle, Dilleniaceae

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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 48.5
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Published: Nees von Esenbeck, T. F. L. 1825-1831. Sammlung Schönblühender Gewächse. Düsseldorf: Arnz and Co. Pl. 88.
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Accession Number: 2148
Artist Name: Henry, Aimé Constant Fidèle ? and Hohe ? and Wild, T. ?
Life Span: (1801-1875) and (Unknown) and (Unknown)
Nationality: France and Unknown and Unknown
Gender: Male
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Title: Kennedia rubicunda Vent.
Taxon:

Kennedia rubicunda Ventenat, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 48.5
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Published: Nees von Esenbeck, T. F. L. 1825-1831. Sammlung Schönblühender Gewächse. Düsseldorf: Arnz and Co. Pl. 73.
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Accession Number: 2149
Artist Name: Henry, Aimé Constant Fidèle ? and Hohe ? and Wild, T. ?
Life Span: (1801-1875) and (Unknown) and (Unknown)
Nationality: France and Unknown and Unknown
Gender: Male
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Title: Agapanthus umbellatus L'Herit.
Taxon:

Agapanthus umbellatus L'Héritier, Liliaceae

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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 48.5 x 30.5
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Published: Nees von Esenbeck, T. F. L. 1825-1831. Sammlung Schönblühender Gewächse. Düsseldorf: Arnz and Co. Pl. 30.
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Accession Number: 2150
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.ca.1885–1894)
Nationality: Belgium
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Title: Cattleya Rex x LC lilacina
Taxon:

Cattleya Lindley, Orchidaceae

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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 36.5 x 27.5
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Published: Linden, J. J. 1885-1894. Lindenia, Iconographie des Orchidées. Ghent: J. J. Linden.
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Accession Number: 2151
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.ca.1885–1894)
Nationality: Belgium
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Oncidium O. Swartz, Orchidaceae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 27.5 x 36.5
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Published: Linden, J. J. 1885-1894. Lindenia, Iconographie des Orchidées. Ghent: J. J. Linden.
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Accession Number: 2152
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.ca.1885–1894)
Nationality: Belgium
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Title: Oncidium forbesi var. alerchianum
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Oncidium O. Swartz, Orchidaceae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 27.5 x 37
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Published: Linden, J. J. 1885-1894. Lindenia, Iconographie des Orchidées. Ghent: J. J. Linden.
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Accession Number: 2153
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.ca.1885–1894)
Nationality: Belgium
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Title: Laelia purpurata Schillerisima Nobilior
Taxon:

Laelia J. Lindley, Orchidaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 36.5 x 27.5
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Published: Linden, J. J. 1885-1894. Lindenia, Iconographie des Orchidées. Ghent: J. J. Linden.
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Accession Number: 2154
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1486)
Nationality: Germany
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Title: Castaneus
Taxon:

Castanea sativa Miller, Fagaceae

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Medium: woodcut, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 27 x 19
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Published: Schonsperger, J. 1486. Gart der Gesundheit. Augsburg: J. Schonsperger.
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Accession Number: 2155
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1486)
Nationality: Germany
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Title: Spinachia tenetz / Capitulum CCCLXiiii [364]
Taxon:

Spinacia oleracea Linnaeus, Chenopodiaceae

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Medium: woodcut, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 27 x 19
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Published: Schonsperger, J. 1486. Gart der Gesundheit. Augsburg: J. Schonsperger.
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Accession Number: 2156
Artist Name: Aubry, Jean
Life Span: (fl.1785)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male?
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: Le sceau de Salomon, Polygonatum latifolium, vulgare. Tour. Convallaria polygonatum. Lin. 1.P.VI.E.
Taxon:

Polygonatum P. Miller, Liliaceae

Description:
Medium: etching, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 48.5 x 30.5
Image Size: 32.5 x 19
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Printmaker: Aubry, J.
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Accession Number: 2159
Artist Name: Bauer, Ferdinand
Life Span: (1760-1826)
Nationality: Austria
Gender: Male
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Title: Cistus arabicus
Taxon:

Cistus arabicus Linnaeus, Cistaceae

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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 49 x 35
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Published: Sibthorp, J. 1806-1840. Flora Graeca. London: Richard Taylor. Pl. 503.
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Accession Number: 2160
Artist Name: Bauer, Ferdinand
Life Span: (1760-1826)
Nationality: Austria
Gender: Male
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Title: Anemone hortensis
Taxon:

Anemone hortensis Linnaeus, Ranunculaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 49 x 35
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Published: Sibthorp, J. 1806-1840. Flora Graeca. London: Richard Taylor. Pl. 515.
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Accession Number: 2161
Artist Name: Bauer, Ferdinand
Life Span: (1760-1826)
Nationality: Austria
Gender: Male
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Title: Anthyllis barba jovis
Taxon:

Anthyllis barba-jovis Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

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Dimensions (cm): 49 x 35
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Published: Sibthorp, J. 1806-1840. Flora Graeca. London: Richard Taylor. Pl. 682.
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Accession Number: 2162
Artist Name: Bauer, Ferdinand
Life Span: (1760-1826)
Nationality: Austria
Gender: Male
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Title: Serapias lingua
Taxon:

Serapias lingua Linnaeus, Orchidaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 49 x 35
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Published: Sibthorp, J. 1806-1840. Flora Graeca. London: Richard Taylor. Pl. 931.
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Accession Number: 2163
Artist Name: Bauer, Ferdinand
Life Span: (1760-1826)
Nationality: Austria
Gender: Male
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Title: Spartium junceum
Taxon:

Spartium junceum Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 49 x 35
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Published: Sibthorp, J. 1806-1840. Flora Graeca. London: Richard Taylor. Pl. 671.
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Accession Number: 2164
Artist Name: Bauer, Ferdinand
Life Span: (1760-1826)
Nationality: Austria
Gender: Male
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Title: Phlomis samia
Taxon:

Phlomis samia Linnaeus, Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae

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Dimensions (cm): 49 x 35
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Published: Sibthorp, J. 1806-1840. Flora Graeca. London: Richard Taylor. Pl. 564.
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Accession Number: 2165
Artist Name: Bauer, Ferdinand
Life Span: (1760-1826)
Nationality: Austria
Gender: Male
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Title: Anemone coronaria
Taxon:

Anemone coronaria Linnaeus, Ranunculaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 49 x 35
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Published: Sibthorp, J. 1806-1840. Flora Graeca. London: Richard Taylor. Pl. 514.
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Accession Number: 2166
Artist Name: Bauer, Ferdinand
Life Span: (1760-1826)
Nationality: Austria
Gender: Male
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Title: Delphinium halteratum
Taxon:

Delphinium halteratum J. E. Smith, Ranunculaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 49 x 35
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Published: Sibthorp, J. 1806-1840. Flora Graeca. London: Richard Taylor. Pl. 507.
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Accession Number: 2167
Artist Name: Bauer, Ferdinand
Life Span: (1760-1826)
Nationality: Austria
Gender: Male
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Title: Trigonella foenum-graceum
Taxon:

Trigonella foenum-graecum Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

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Dimensions (cm): 35 x 49
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Published: Sibthorp, J. 1806-1840. Flora Graeca. London: Richard Taylor. Pl. 766.
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Accession Number: 2168
Artist Name: Chavannes, Louise de
Life Span: (fl.mid-1900s)
Nationality: France
Gender: Female
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Camellia Linnaeus, Theaceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 29
Image Size: 26.5 x 20.5
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Date of Execution: 1851
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Signature: Louise de Chavannes (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 2169
Artist Name: Unknown
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Title: Crocus sativus L.
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Crocus sativus Linnaeus, Iridaceae

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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 51 x 30
Image Size: 27.5 x 13.5
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Printmaker: Henry, Aimé Constant Fidèle
Notes: Similar to M. F. Weihe, Plantae medicinales ... Düsseldorf, Arnz and Col, 1828. Pl. 58 (but reversed).
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Accession Number: 2170
Artist Name: Unknown
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Title: Curcuma zerumbet Roxb.
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Curcuma zerumbet Roxburgh, Zingiberaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 51 x 30
Image Size: 42 x 25
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Printmaker: Henry, Aimé Constant Fidèle (1801-1875)
Notes: Similar to Weihe, Plantae medicinales ... Düsseldorf, Arnz and Co. 1828. Pl. 60 (but reversed).
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Accession Number: 2171
Artist Name: Blunt, Wilfrid
Life Span: (1901-1987)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: Iris foetidissima
Taxon:

Iris Linnaeus, Iridaceae

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Medium: watercolor
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Image Size: 25.5 x 17.5 mat opening
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Date of Execution: 1947
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Signature: Wilfrid Blunt (b.c.)
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Notes: A work by this artist, not in the Hunt Institute collection, was included in the 6th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1988.
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