Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute

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Accession Number: 2928
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1737–1745)
Nationality: Germany and England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''a. Lilio asphodelus ... b. Lilio asphodelus ... c. Lilium album ...''
Taxon:

Lilium Linnaeus, Liliaceae

Description:
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 21
Image Size: 32.5 x 21
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Published: Weinmann, J. W. 1737-1745. Phytanthoza iconographia. 4 vols. Regensburg. Pl. 651.
Printmaker: Seuter, B. ?
Notes: After drawings by N. Asamin, G. D. Ehret and others
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Accession Number: 2929
Artist Name: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1737–1745)
Nationality: Germany and England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''a. Mentha spicata ... b. M. cataria ... c. M. cataria ... d. Menthaseu ... e. Menthastrum hortense''
Taxon:

Mentha Linnaeus, Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae

Description:
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 39 x 25
Image Size: 32.5 x 21
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Published: Weinmann, J. W. 1737-1745. Phytanthoza iconographia. 4 vols. Regensburg. Pl. 725.
Printmaker: Seuter, B. ?
Notes: After drawings by N. Asamin, G. D. Ehret and others
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Accession Number: 2930
Artist Name: Goossens, Alphonse
Life Span: ? (1866–1944)
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Gender: Male
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Title: ''Odontoglossum cordatum Lindl. var. aureum Hort.''
Taxon:

Odontoglossum Kunth, Orchidaceae

Description:
Medium: chromolithograph
Support: paper
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Published: Lindenia 7: pl. 430. 1894.
Printmaker: De Pannemaeker, P.
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Accession Number: 2932
Artist Name: Christ, Konrad Hermann Heinrich
Life Span: (1833-1933)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Hyoscyamus niger''
Taxon:

Hyoscyamus Linnaeus, Solanaceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 20.5
Image Size: 32 x 8
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Accession Number: 2933
Artist Name: Christ, Konrad Hermann Heinrich
Life Span: (1833-1933)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Corydalis solida''
Taxon:

Corydalis solida (Linnaeus) Clairville, Papaveraceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 20.5
Image Size: 26 x 11
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Accession Number: 2934
Artist Name: Christ, Konrad Hermann Heinrich
Life Span: (1833-1933)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Lathraea squamaria L.''
Taxon:

Lathraea squamaria Linnaeus, Orobanchaceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 21 x 21
Image Size: 16.5 x 16
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Accession Number: 2936
Artist Name: Persson, Karin
Life Span: (1891-1971)
Nationality: Sweden
Gender: Female
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Title: "Moto grazio"
Taxon:

Anemone Linnaeus, Ranunculaceae

Description:
Medium: wood engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26 x 18
Image Size: 17.5 x 12.5
Edition: 27/30
Date of Execution: 1954
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Signature: Karin Persson (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Karin Persson
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HIBD Exhibitions: 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1968)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H. M., comp. 1968. Catalogue [of the] 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library. P. 191.
Accession Number: 2937
Artist Name: Persson, Karin
Life Span: (1891-1971)
Nationality: Sweden
Gender: Female
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Description: flowers
Medium: wood engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 11 x 8
Image Size: 9 x 6
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Printmaker: Karin Persson
Notes: Bookplate for Herbert Bjerlon.
HIBD Exhibitions: 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1968)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H. M., comp. 1968. Catalogue [of the] 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library. P. 191.
Accession Number: 2937a
Artist Name: Persson, Karin
Life Span: (1891-1971)
Nationality: Sweden
Gender: Female
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Description: bookplate, Ex libris Annastina och Folke Persson
Medium: wood engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 10 x 8
Image Size: 8 x 6
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Accession Number: 2938
Artist Name: Persson, Karin
Life Span: (1891-1971)
Nationality: Sweden
Gender: Female
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Description: flowers with man on horse
Medium: wood engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 12 x 8.5
Image Size: 8.5 x 6
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Printmaker: Karin Persson
Notes: Bookplate for Gunnar Fahlvik.
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Accession Number: 2939
Artist Name: Persson, Karin
Life Span: (1891-1971)
Nationality: Sweden
Gender: Female
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Description: flowers
Medium: wood engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 11 x 7.5
Image Size: 9 x 5.5
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Printmaker: Karin Persson
Notes: Bookplate for Verna Och Hans Bergström.
HIBD Exhibitions: 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1968)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H. M., comp. 1968. Catalogue [of the] 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library. P. 191.
Accession Number: 2940
Artist Name: Persson, Karin
Life Span: (1891-1971)
Nationality: Sweden
Gender: Female
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Description: flowers, buildings
Medium: wood engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 10.5 x 7.5
Image Size: 8 x 7
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Printmaker: Karin Persson
Notes: Bookplate for Ebba Sjögren.
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Accession Number: 2941
Artist Name: Persson, Karin
Life Span: (1891-1971)
Nationality: Sweden
Gender: Female
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Description: flowers
Medium: wood engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 9 x 6.5
Image Size: 7.5 x 5
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Printmaker: Karin Persson
Notes: Bookplate for Greta Wickbom.
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Accession Number: 2942
Artist Name: Persson, Karin
Life Span: (1891-1971)
Nationality: Sweden
Gender: Female
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Description: flowers with landscape
Medium: wood engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 10.5 x 7.5
Image Size: 8.5 x 7
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Printmaker: Karin Persson
Notes: Bookplate for Yngve Schartau.
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Accession Number: 2943
Artist Name: Angel, Marie Felicity
Life Span: (1923-2010)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Title: Borago officinalis (borage)
Taxon:

Borago Linnaeus, Boraginaceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
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Date of Execution: 1967
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Notes: Letter B of abecedarium series commissioned by Hunt Institute.
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Accession Number: 2945
Artist Name: Mee, Margaret Ursula (Mrs. R. B. Greville Mee)
Life Span: (1909-1988)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Pseudobombax grandiflorum (Cav.) A. Robyns''
Taxon:

Pseudobombax grandiflorum (Cavanilles) A. Robyns, Bombacaceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 66 x 48.5
Image Size: 58.3 x 43.2 mat opening
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Date of Execution: 1964-1967
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Signature: Margaret Mee (b.r.)
Published: Mee, M. 1968. Flowers of the Brazilian Forests. London: Tryon Gallery.
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HIBD Exhibitions: 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1968); Duets, 2014
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H. M., comp. 1968. Catalogue [of the] 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library.
Accession Number: 2947
Artist Name: Krause, Erik Hans
Life Span: (1899-1990)
Nationality: Germany and United States
Gender: Male
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Paulownia Siebold and Zuccarini, Scrophulariaceae

Description:
Medium: gouache
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 49.5 x 61
Image Size: 49.5 x 61
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Signature: Erik Hans Krause (b.l.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1968)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H. M., comp. 1968. Catalogue [of the] 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library.
Accession Number: 2948
Artist Name: Krause, Erik Hans
Life Span: (1899-1990)
Nationality: Germany and United States
Gender: Male
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Description: fruits
Medium: relief print (linocut?)
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 61 x 48.5
Image Size: 47 x 32 mat opening
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Signature: Erik Hans Krause (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Erik Hans Krause
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HIBD Exhibitions: 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1968)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H. M., comp. 1968. Catalogue [of the] 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library. Pp. 134–135.
Accession Number: 2949
Artist Name: Krause, Erik Hans
Life Span: (1899-1990)
Nationality: Germany and United States
Gender: Male
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Description: leaves
Medium: relief print (linocut?)
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 61.5 x 47.5
Image Size: 47 x 32 mat opening
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Signature: K (b.l. in block)
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Printmaker: Erik Hans Krause
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HIBD Exhibitions: 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1968)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H. M., comp. 1968. Catalogue [of the] 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library. Pp. 134–135.
Accession Number: 2950
Artist Name: Dowden, Anne Ophelia Todd (Mrs. Raymond B.)
Life Span: (1907-2007)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title:
Taxon:

Ilex aquifolium Linnaeus, I. cornuta Lindley and Paxton, I. opaca Aiton, I. pernyi Franchet, Aquifoliaceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 53 x 38
Image Size: 37 x 28
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Date of Execution: 1967
Place of Execution:
Signature: Anne Ophelia Dowden (b.l.)
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Notes: Hunt Institute holds the rights to reproduce and distribute the Artwork for exhibition publicity, exhibition catalogs, books, journals and serials. Julia Bell has the rights to reproduce and distribute the Artwork on any and all cards, stationery, prints, and gift and paper products, but specifically excluding books other than gift books (such as guest books, wedding books, address books and blank books).
HIBD Exhibitions: 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1968)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H. M., comp. 1968. Catalogue [of the] 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library.
Accession Number: 2951
Artist Name: Dowden, Anne Ophelia Todd (Mrs. Raymond B.)
Life Span: (1907-2007)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title:
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Ilex aquifolium Linnaeus, I. cornuta Lindley and Paxton, I. opaca Aiton, I. pernyi Franchet, Aquifoliaceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 53 x 38
Image Size: 37 x 28
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Date of Execution: 1967
Place of Execution:
Signature: Anne Ophelia Dowden (b.l.)
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Notes: ''Preliminary sketch for 1967 Christmas card'' (b.l.). Hunt Institute holds the rights to reproduce and distribute the Artwork for exhibition publicity, exhibition catalogs, books, journals and serials. Julia Bell has the rights to reproduce and distribute the Artwork on any and all cards, stationery, prints, and gift and paper products, but specifically excluding books other than gift books (such as guest books, wedding books, address books and blank books).
HIBD Exhibitions: 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1968)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H. M., comp. 1968. Catalogue [of the] 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library.
Accession Number: 2970
Artist Name: Norton, Gertruude Parmelee
Life Span: (1875-1920)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Glyceria flavescens''
Taxon:

Glyceria flavescent M. E. Jones, Poaceae alt. Gramineae

Description:
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 36.5 x 28.5
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Signature: G.P.N. (b.r.)
Published: Jones, M. E. 1910. Montana botany notes. Bulletin. Univ. Montana, Biol. Ser. 15: 1-75. [18, pl. 2.]
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Accession Number: 2971
Artist Name: Ross-Craig, Stella (Mrs. J. Robert Sealy)
Life Span: (1906-2006)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Magnolia campbellii''
Taxon:

Magnolia campbellii J. D. Hooker and Thomson, Magnoliaceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 57.5 x 41
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Date of Execution: [1967]
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Signature: Stella Ross-Craig (b.r.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1968)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H. M., comp. 1968. Catalogue [of the] 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library. Pp. 212-213.
Accession Number: 2972
Artist Name: Jules, Mervin
Life Span: (1912-1994)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Poppies''
Taxon:
Description: eschscholzia
Medium: woodcut, 5-color
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 61.5 x 49
Image Size: 50.5 x 41
Edition: 16/60
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Signature: Jules (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Jules Mervin
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HIBD Exhibitions: 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1968)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H. M., comp. 1968. Catalogue [of the] 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library. Pp. 124–125.
Accession Number: 2973
Artist Name: Lid, Dagny Tande (Mrs. Johannes)
Life Span: (1903-1998)
Nationality: Norway
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Astragalus alpinus''
Taxon:

Astragalus alpinus Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

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Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 13.5 x 11.5
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Signature: DTL (b.c.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1968)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H. M., comp. 1968. Catalogue [of the] 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library. P. 149.

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