Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 0848.46
Artist Name: [previously attr. to] Cockerell, Florence Kate Kingsford (Lady) [see notes]
Life Span: (fl.1800s?)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female ?
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Title: ''Aletris?''
Taxon:
Aletris Linnaeus, Liliaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35 x 25.5
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Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
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Notes: Believed not to be by Florence Kate Kingsford (later Lady Cockerell) according to John French, authorized biographer of her son Sir Christopher Cockerell. Bookplates associated with the Hunt Institute album are those of Sir Charles Cockerell and Geraldi Ponsonby (1880).
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Accession Number: 0848.47
Artist Name: [previously attr. to] Cockerell, Florence Kate Kingsford (Lady) [see notes]
Life Span: (fl.1800s?)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female ?
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Title:
Taxon:
Description: flowers
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35 x 25.5
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Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
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Notes: Believed not to be by Florence Kate Kingsford (later Lady Cockerell) according to John French, authorized biographer of her son Sir Christopher Cockerell. Bookplates associated with the Hunt Institute album are those of Sir Charles Cockerell and Geraldi Ponsonby (1880).
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Accession Number: 0848.48
Artist Name: [previously attr. to] Cockerell, Florence Kate Kingsford (Lady) [see notes]
Life Span: (fl.1800s?)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female ?
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Title:
Taxon:
Anacardiaceae ?
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35 x 25.5
Image Size:
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Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
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Notes: Believed not to be by Florence Kate Kingsford (later Lady Cockerell) according to John French, authorized biographer of her son Sir Christopher Cockerell. Bookplates associated with the Hunt Institute album are those of Sir Charles Cockerell and Geraldi Ponsonby (1880).
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Accession Number: 0848.49
Artist Name: [previously attr. to] Cockerell, Florence Kate Kingsford (Lady) [see notes]
Life Span: (fl.1800s?)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female ?
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Title: "Pyrus spectabilis"
Taxon:
Pyrus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35 x 25.5
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Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
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Notes: Believed not to be by Florence Kate Kingsford (later Lady Cockerell) according to John French, authorized biographer of her son Sir Christopher Cockerell. Bookplates associated with the Hunt Institute album are those of Sir Charles Cockerell and Geraldi Ponsonby (1880).
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Accession Number: 0848.50
Artist Name: [previously attr. to] Cockerell, Florence Kate Kingsford (Lady) [see notes]
Life Span: (fl.1800s?)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female ?
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Title:
Taxon:
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35 x 25.5
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: Believed not to be by Florence Kate Kingsford (later Lady Cockerell) according to John French, authorized biographer of her son Sir Christopher Cockerell. Bookplates associated with the Hunt Institute album are those of Sir Charles Cockerell and Geraldi Ponsonby (1880).
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Accession Number: 0849.01
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793–1823?
Nationality: Antigua (and possibly, but to date no direct evidence, in England??)
Gender: Male
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Title:
Taxon:
Description: fruit
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 27 x 42
Image Size:
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Date of Execution: 1802
Place of Execution: West Indies
Signature: J. Tyley del 1802 (b.c.)
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator from 1793 to 1800 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent (1785 to 1811). Although many of the Institute’s collection of 51 Tyley watercolors are unsigned and undated, they are painted on laid and wove papers manufactured in England with watermarks dated 1794 (J Whatman); Curteis and Sons (no date), fleur de lis (no date) and I Taylor (1804).
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Accession Number: 0849.02
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793–1823?
Nationality: Antigua (and possibly, but to date no direct evidence, in England??)
Gender: Male
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Title: Apalatoa aptera
Taxon:
Crudia spicata (Aublet) Willdenow, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 27
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: between 1794? and 1800
Place of Execution: West Indies
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator from 1793 to 1800 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent (1785 to 1811). Although many of the Institute’s collection of 51 Tyley watercolors are unsigned and undated, they are painted on laid and wove papers manufactured in England with watermarks dated 1794 (J Whatman); Curteis and Sons (no date), fleur de lis (no date) and I Taylor (1804).
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Accession Number: 0849.03
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793–1823?
Nationality: Antigua (and possibly, but to date no direct evidence, in England??)
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Asclepias gigantea''
Taxon:
Calotropis procera (Aiton) W. T. Aiton, Asclepiadaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 27
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: between 1794? and 1800
Place of Execution: West Indies
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator from 1793 to 1800 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent (1785 to 1811). Although many of the Institute’s collection of 51 Tyley watercolors are unsigned and undated, they are painted on laid and wove papers manufactured in England with watermarks dated 1794 (J Whatman); Curteis and Sons (no date), fleur de lis (no date) and I Taylor (1804).
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Accession Number: 0849.04
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793–1823?
Nationality: Antigua (and possibly, but to date no direct evidence, in England??)
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Bryonia laciniosa''
Taxon:
Diplocyclos palmatus (Linnaeus) Jeffrey, Cucurbitaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 27
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: between 1794? and 1800
Place of Execution: West Indies
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator from 1793 to 1800 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent (1785 to 1811). Although many of the Institute’s collection of 51 Tyley watercolors are unsigned and undated, they are painted on laid and wove papers manufactured in England with watermarks dated 1794 (J Whatman); Curteis and Sons (no date), fleur de lis (no date) and I Taylor (1804).
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Accession Number: 0849.05
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793–1823?
Nationality: Antigua (and possibly, but to date no direct evidence, in England??)
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Begonia''
Taxon:
Begonia obliqua Linnaeus, Begoniaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 27
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: between 1794? and 1800
Place of Execution: West Indies
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator from 1793 to 1800 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent (1785 to 1811). Although many of the Institute’s collection of 51 Tyley watercolors are unsigned and undated, they are painted on laid and wove papers manufactured in England with watermarks dated 1794 (J Whatman); Curteis and Sons (no date), fleur de lis (no date) and I Taylor (1804).
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Accession Number: 0849.06
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793–1823?
Nationality: Antigua (and possibly, but to date no direct evidence, in England??)
Gender: Male
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Title:
Taxon:
Bignoniaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 27
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: between 1794? and 1800
Place of Execution: West Indies
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator from 1793 to 1800 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent (1785 to 1811). Although many of the Institute’s collection of 51 Tyley watercolors are unsigned and undated, they are painted on laid and wove papers manufactured in England with watermarks dated 1794 (J Whatman); Curteis and Sons (no date), fleur de lis (no date) and I Taylor (1804).
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Accession Number: 0849.07
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793–1823?
Nationality: Antigua (and possibly, but to date no direct evidence, in England??)
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Bixa orellenea''
Taxon:
Bixa orellana Linnaeus, Bixaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 27
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: between 1794? and 1800
Place of Execution: West Indies
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator from 1793 to 1800 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent (1785 to 1811). Although many of the Institute’s collection of 51 Tyley watercolors are unsigned and undated, they are painted on laid and wove papers manufactured in England with watermarks dated 1794 (J Whatman); Curteis and Sons (no date), fleur de lis (no date) and I Taylor (1804).
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Accession Number: 0849.08
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793–1823?
Nationality: Antigua (and possibly, but to date no direct evidence, in England??)
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Canna indica, Indian shot''
Taxon:
Canna indica Linnaeus, Cannaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 27
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: between 1794? and 1800
Place of Execution: West Indies
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator from 1793 to 1800 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent (1785 to 1811). Although many of the Institute’s collection of 51 Tyley watercolors are unsigned and undated, they are painted on laid and wove papers manufactured in England with watermarks dated 1794 (J Whatman); Curteis and Sons (no date), fleur de lis (no date) and I Taylor (1804).
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Accession Number: 0849.09
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793–1823?
Nationality: Antigua (and possibly, but to date no direct evidence, in England??)
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Clusia flava''
Taxon:
Clusia Linnaeus, Clusiaceae alt. Guttiferae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 27
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: between 1794? and 1800
Place of Execution: West Indies
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator from 1793 to 1800 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent (1785 to 1811). Although many of the Institute’s collection of 51 Tyley watercolors are unsigned and undated, they are painted on laid and wove papers manufactured in England with watermarks dated 1794 (J Whatman); Curteis and Sons (no date), fleur de lis (no date) and I Taylor (1804).
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Accession Number: 0849.10
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793–1823?
Nationality: Antigua (and possibly, but to date no direct evidence, in England??)
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Cashew''
Taxon:
Anacardium occidentale Linnaeus, Anacardiaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 27
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: between 1794? and 1800
Place of Execution: West Indies
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator from 1793 to 1800 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent (1785 to 1811). Although many of the Institute’s collection of 51 Tyley watercolors are unsigned and undated, they are painted on laid and wove papers manufactured in England with watermarks dated 1794 (J Whatman); Curteis and Sons (no date), fleur de lis (no date) and I Taylor (1804).
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Accession Number: 0849.11
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793–1823?
Nationality: Antigua (and possibly, but to date no direct evidence, in England??)
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Clitoria''
Taxon:
Clitoria falcata Lamarck, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 27
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: between 1794? and 1800
Place of Execution: West Indies
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator from 1793 to 1800 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent (1785 to 1811). Although many of the Institute’s collection of 51 Tyley watercolors are unsigned and undated, they are painted on laid and wove papers manufactured in England with watermarks dated 1794 (J Whatman); Curteis and Sons (no date), fleur de lis (no date) and I Taylor (1804).
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Accession Number: 0849.12
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793–1823?
Nationality: Antigua (and possibly, but to date no direct evidence, in England??)
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Carupena bay''
Taxon:
Talinum triangulare (Jacquin) Willdenow, Portulacaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 27
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: 1804 or after
Place of Execution: West Indies
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator from 1793 to 1800 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent (1785 to 1811). Although many of the Institute’s collection of 51 Tyley watercolors are unsigned and undated, they are painted on laid and wove papers manufactured in England with watermarks dated 1794 (J Whatman); Curteis and Sons (no date), fleur de lis (no date) and I Taylor (1804).
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Accession Number: 0849.13
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793–1823?
Nationality: Antigua (and possibly, but to date no direct evidence, in England??)
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Easter flower''
Taxon:
Securidaca diversifolia (Linnaeus) Blake, Polygalaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 27
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: 1804 or after
Place of Execution: West Indies
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator from 1793 to 1800 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent (1785 to 1811). Although many of the Institute’s collection of 51 Tyley watercolors are unsigned and undated, they are painted on laid and wove papers manufactured in England with watermarks dated 1794 (J Whatman); Curteis and Sons (no date), fleur de lis (no date) and I Taylor (1804).
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Accession Number: 0849.14
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793–1823?
Nationality: Antigua (and possibly, but to date no direct evidence, in England??)
Gender: Male
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Title: ''East India cucumber''
Taxon:
Averrhoa bilimbi Linnaeus, Oxalidaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 27
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: 1804 or after
Place of Execution: West Indies
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator from 1793 to 1800 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent (1785 to 1811). Although many of the Institute’s collection of 51 Tyley watercolors are unsigned and undated, they are painted on laid and wove papers manufactured in England with watermarks dated 1794 (J Whatman); Curteis and Sons (no date), fleur de lis (no date) and I Taylor (1804).
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Accession Number: 0849.15
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793–1823?
Nationality: Antigua (and possibly, but to date no direct evidence, in England??)
Gender: Male
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Title: ''East India gooseberry''
Taxon:
Phyllanthus acidus (Linnaeus) Skeels, Euphorbiaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 27
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: between 1794? and 1800
Place of Execution: West Indies
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator from 1793 to 1800 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent (1785 to 1811). Although many of the Institute’s collection of 51 Tyley watercolors are unsigned and undated, they are painted on laid and wove papers manufactured in England with watermarks dated 1794 (J Whatman); Curteis and Sons (no date), fleur de lis (no date) and I Taylor (1804).
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Accession Number: 0849.16
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793–1823?
Nationality: Antigua (and possibly, but to date no direct evidence, in England??)
Gender: Male
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Title: ''East India pomerose''
Taxon:
Syzygium malaccense (Linnaeus) Merrill and L. M. Perry, Myrtaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 27
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: between 1794? and 1800
Place of Execution: West Indies
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator from 1793 to 1800 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent (1785 to 1811). Although many of the Institute’s collection of 51 Tyley watercolors are unsigned and undated, they are painted on laid and wove papers manufactured in England with watermarks dated 1794 (J Whatman); Curteis and Sons (no date), fleur de lis (no date) and I Taylor (1804).
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Accession Number: 0849.17
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793–1823?
Nationality: Antigua (and possibly, but to date no direct evidence, in England??)
Gender: Male
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Title: ''East India pomerose''
Taxon:
Myrtaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 27
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: between 1794? and 1800
Place of Execution: West Indies
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator from 1793 to 1800 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent (1785 to 1811). Although many of the Institute’s collection of 51 Tyley watercolors are unsigned and undated, they are painted on laid and wove papers manufactured in England with watermarks dated 1794 (J Whatman); Curteis and Sons (no date), fleur de lis (no date) and I Taylor (1804).
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Accession Number: 0849.18
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793–1823?
Nationality: Antigua (and possibly, but to date no direct evidence, in England??)
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Erithrina corallodendron, Coral bean tree''
Taxon:
Erythrina corallodendron Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 27
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: between 1794? and 1800
Place of Execution: West Indies
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator from 1793 to 1800 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent (1785 to 1811). Although many of the Institute’s collection of 51 Tyley watercolors are unsigned and undated, they are painted on laid and wove papers manufactured in England with watermarks dated 1794 (J Whatman); Curteis and Sons (no date), fleur de lis (no date) and I Taylor (1804).
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Accession Number: 0849.19
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793–1823?
Nationality: Antigua (and possibly, but to date no direct evidence, in England??)
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
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Title: ''Hibiscus''
Taxon:
Hibiscus Linnaeus, Malvaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 27
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: between 1794? and 1800
Place of Execution: West Indies
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator from 1793 to 1800 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent (1785 to 1811). Although many of the Institute’s collection of 51 Tyley watercolors are unsigned and undated, they are painted on laid and wove papers manufactured in England with watermarks dated 1794 (J Whatman); Curteis and Sons (no date), fleur de lis (no date) and I Taylor (1804).
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Accession Number: 0849.20
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793–1823?
Nationality: Antigua (and possibly, but to date no direct evidence, in England??)
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Acer [?] cyrilla W., Cyrilla racemiflora L.
Taxon:
Cyrilla racemiflora Linnaeus, Cyrillaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 27
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Date of Execution: between 1794? and 1800
Place of Execution: West Indies
Signature: John Tyley (b.l.)
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Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator from 1793 to 1800 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent (1785 to 1811). Although many of the Institute’s collection of 51 Tyley watercolors are unsigned and undated, they are painted on laid and wove papers manufactured in England with watermarks dated 1794 (J Whatman); Curteis and Sons (no date), fleur de lis (no date) and I Taylor (1804).
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