Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute

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Accession Number: 3212
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: ''Vitis idaea ...''
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Vitis Linnaeus, Vitaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 54 x 38
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Signature: G. D. Ehret (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 3213
Artist Name: Ehret, Georg Dionys (attr. to)
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: ''Vitis idaea ...''
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Vitis Linnaeus, Vitaceae

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Accession Number: 3214
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: ''Ziziphus Dod. p. 807''
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Ziziphus P. Miller, Rhamnaceae

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Signature: G. D. Ehret (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 3215
Artist Name: Nordenskjöld, Birgitta Ann Katharine (Mrs. Sven)
Life Span: (1919-)
Nationality: Sweden
Gender: Female
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Boletus Linnaeus, Fungi, Boletaceae

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Medium: watercolor
Support: illustration board
Dimensions (cm): 33.5 x 25
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Date of Execution: 1963
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Signature: B. N. (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.
Accession Number: 3216
Artist Name: Nordenskjöld, Birgitta Ann Katharine (Mrs. Sven)
Life Span: (1919-2009)
Nationality: Sweden
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Psalliota silvatica, Utgår''
Taxon:

Psalliota (Fries) P. Kummer, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Medium: watercolor
Support: illustration board
Dimensions (cm): 14.5 x 16.5
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Date of Execution: 1961
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Signature: B. N. (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.
Accession Number: 3217
Artist Name: Nordenskjöld, Birgitta Ann Katharine (Mrs. Sven)
Life Span: (1919-2009)
Nationality: Sweden
Gender: Female
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Helleborus Linnaeus, Ranunculaceae

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Medium: ink
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Dimensions (cm): 19.5 x 12.5
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Accession Number: 3218
Artist Name: Nordenskjöld, Birgitta Ann Katharine (Mrs. Sven)
Life Span: (1919-2009)
Nationality: Sweden
Gender: Female
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Helleborus Linnaeus, Ranunculaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 12.5 x 7
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Accession Number: 3219
Artist Name: Nordenskjöld, Birgitta Ann Katharine (Mrs. Sven)
Life Span: (1919-2009)
Nationality: Sweden
Gender: Female
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Helvella Fries, Fungi, Pezizales

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Dimensions (cm): 10 x 10.5
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Signature: Birgitta Nordenskjöld
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Accession Number: 3220
Artist Name: Nordenskjöld, Birgitta Ann Katharine (Mrs. Sven)
Life Span: (1919-2009)
Nationality: Sweden
Gender: Female
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Chrysanthemum Linnaeus, Asteraceae alt. Compositae

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Medium: ink
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Dimensions (cm): 33.5 x 24
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Accession Number: 3221
Artist Name: Nordenskjöld, Birgitta Ann Katharine (Mrs. Sven)
Life Span: (1919-2009)
Nationality: Sweden
Gender: Female
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Chrysanthemum Linnaeus, Asteraceae alt. Compositae

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Medium: ink
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Dimensions (cm): 33.5 x 24
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Accession Number: 3222
Artist Name: Nordenskjöld, Birgitta Ann Katharine (Mrs. Sven)
Life Span: (1919-2009)
Nationality: Sweden
Gender: Female
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Chrysanthemum Linnaeus, Asteraceae alt. Compositae

Description: stems
Medium: ink
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Dimensions (cm): 18.5 x 14
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Accession Number: 3223
Artist Name: Kers, Lars Erik
Life Span: (1931-)
Nationality: Sweden
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Cleome paxii (Schinz) Gilg. et Bened.''
Taxon:

Cleome paxii (Schinz) Gilg and Gilg-Benedict, Capparidaceae

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Medium: ink
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Dimensions (cm): 44 x 25
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Published: Kers, B. A. K. 1966. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 60: 234. Fig. 2.
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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: 3224
Artist Name: Holgate, Jeanne (Mrs. D. K. Covington)
Life Span: (1920-2010)
Nationality: England and United States
Gender: Femaie
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Platystele Schlechter, Orchidaceae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 26 x 20
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Signature: Jeanne Holgate (b.r.)
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Notes: Also 6.5 x 10 cm. watercolor, initialed J. H., showing entire plant.
HIBD Exhibitions: Jeanne Holgate Paintings and Drawings, 1973
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Accession Number: 3226
Artist Name: Beckman, Kaj (Mrs. Per)
Life Span: (1913-2002)
Nationality: Sweden
Gender: Female
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Description: flowers with insects
Medium: gouache
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Dimensions (cm): 33 x 24
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Date of Execution: 1964
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Signature: Kaj Beckman (b.c.)
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Accession Number: 3227
Artist Name: Beckman, Kaj (Mrs. Per)
Life Span: (1913-2002)
Nationality: Sweden
Gender: Female
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Description: twinflower, cryptogams with rocks
Medium: gouache
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Dimensions (cm): 29 x 42
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Date of Execution: 1964
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Signature: Kaj Beckman (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.
Accession Number: 3228
Artist Name: Rollinat, Madeleine (Mrs. Jean Chauffrey)
Life Span: (1914-2008)
Nationality: France
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Ophrys apifera''
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Ophrys Linnaeus, Orchidaceae

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Medium: engraving
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Dimensions (cm): 22 x 18.5
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Edition: 45/76
Date of Execution: 1968
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Signature: M. Rollinat (b.r.)
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Notes: Greeting card.
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Accession Number: 3229
Artist Name: Kasubski, Sylvia
Life Span: (1907-?)
Nationality: Finland and Sweden
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Sphagnum fimbriatum Wils.''
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Sphagnum fimbriatum Wilson and Hooker, Bryophyta, Sphagnaceae

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Medium: pencil
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Dimensions (cm): 28 x 21
Image Size: 25 x 19
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Signature: Sylvia Kasubski (b.r.)
Published: Nyholm, E. 1969. Illustrated moss flora of Fennoscandia. Musci. Vol. 2. Fasc. 6. Sweden: Natural Science Research Council. Fig. 467. [P. 716.]
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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: 3230
Artist Name: Leal, Newton Paes
Life Span: (1903-?)
Nationality: Brazil
Gender: Male
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Aristolochia Linnaeus, Aristolochiaceae

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Medium: Chinese ink wash
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Dimensions (cm): 27 x 20
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Signature: N. Leal (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.
Accession Number: 3231
Artist Name: Leal, Newton Paes
Life Span: (1903-?)
Nationality: Brazil
Gender: Male
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Cissus Linnaeus, Vitaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 27 x 20
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Accession Number: 3232
Artist Name: Leal, Newton Paes
Life Span: (1903-?)
Nationality: Brazil
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Cattleya violacea''
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Cattleya violacea (Kunth) Lindley, Orchidaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 27 x 20
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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. 138-139.
Accession Number: 3233.1
Artist Name: Leal, Newton Paes
Life Span: (1903-?)
Nationality: Brazil
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Muiragiboia, Coração de negro, Louro vermelho''
Taxon:

Albizia Durazzini, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

Description: wood specimens
Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 25.5 x 10.5
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HIBD Exhibitions: 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1968); Exquisite Patterns in Nature, 2017
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H. M., comp. 1968. Catalogue [of the] 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library.
Accession Number: 3233.2
Artist Name: Leal, Newton Paes
Life Span: (1903-?)
Nationality: Brazil
Gender: Male
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Title: Sequoia sempervirens, Ipê peroba, Freijó
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Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endlicher, Cupressaceae; Paratecoma peroba (Record) Kulhmann, Bignoniaceae; Cordia goeldiana Huber, Boraginaceae

Description: wood specimens
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HIBD Exhibitions: Exquisite Patterns in Nature, 2017
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Accession Number: 3234
Artist Name: Angel, Marie Felicity
Life Span: (1923-2010)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Lavendula spica (old english lavender)''
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Lavandula Linnaeus, Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae

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Notes: Letter L of abecedarium series commissioned by Hunt Institute.
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Accession Number: 3254
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: "Tupelo tree (Nyssa multiflora)"
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Nyssa multiflora Elliott, Cornaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 24
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Published: Emerson, G. B. 1846. Report on the Trees and Shrubs Growing Naturally in the Forests of Massachusetts. Boston: Dutton and Wentworth. Pl. 17.
Printmaker: G. & W. Endicott, New York
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Accession Number: 3255
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Wavy-leaved aster, Aster undulatus L.''
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Aster Linnaeus, Asteraceae alt. Compositae

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Medium: chromolithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 34 x 26.5
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Published: Goodale, G. L. 1886 [or subsequent edition]. The Wild Flowers of America. Boston: Bradlee Whidden. Pl. 4.
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