Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute

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Accession Number: 3294.175
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: ''Trillium''
Taxon:

Trillium Linnaeus, Liliaceae

Description: rhizome
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Accession Number: 3294.176
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: ''Pine, Lily, Spiderwort, Kalmia, Gourd, Hibiscus''
Taxon:

Commelina Linnaeus, Commelinaceae; Cucurbita Linnaeus, Cucurbitaceae; Hibiscus Linnaeus, Malvaceae; Kalmia Linnaeus, Ericaceae; Lilium Linnaeus, Liliaceae; Pinus Linnaeus, Pinaceae

Description: pollen grains
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Dimensions (cm): 23 x 15
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Accession Number: 3294.177
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.
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Dicotyledoneae

Description: anatomy
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Accession Number: 3294.178
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: ''Morning glory''
Taxon:

Ipomoea Linnaeus, Convolvulaceae

Description: floral details
Medium: pencil
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Dimensions (cm): 12 x 12
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Accession Number: 3294.179
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Crassulaceae

Description: flower
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Dimensions (cm): 6.5 x 10
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Accession Number: 3294.180
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: ''Impatiens''
Taxon:

Impatiens Linnaeus, Balsaminaceae

Description: flowers
Medium: pencil
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Dimensions (cm): 12.5 x 9
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Accession Number: 3294.181
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: ''C. carpathica, C. rotundifolia''
Taxon:

Malvaceae ?

Description: floral details
Medium: pencil
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Dimensions (cm): 17 x 20.5
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Accession Number: 3294.182
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: ''Gerardia, Pentstemon [sic] erianthera''
Taxon:

Gerardia Bentham, Scrophulariaceae; Penstemon Schmidel, Scrophulariaceae

Description: floral details
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 5 x 22
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Date of Execution: 1855
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Accession Number: 3294.183
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: ''Datura''
Taxon:

Datura Linnaeus, Solanaceae

Description: floral details
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 9 x 23
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Accession Number: 3294.184
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title:
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Malvaceae

Description: flowers
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Dimensions (cm): 20.5 x 17
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Accession Number: 3294.185
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: ''Pyrola rotundifolia''
Taxon:

Pyrola Linnaeus, Pyrolaceae

Description: floral details
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 8 x 19
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Accession Number: 3294.186
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:
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Dicotyledoneae

Description: floral details
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 13 x 3.5
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Accession Number: 3294.187
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:
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Monocotyledoneae ?

Description: corm ?
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 22 x 9
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Accession Number: 3294.188
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Fouroclock''
Taxon:

Mirabilis Linnaeus, Nyctaginaceae

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Accession Number: 3294.189
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title:
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Monocotyledoneae

Description: floral details
Medium: pencil
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Dimensions (cm): 17.5 x 15
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Accession Number: 3294.190
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:
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Aloe Linnaeus, Liliaceae

Description: potted plant
Medium: pencil
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Dimensions (cm): 14.5 x 17
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Accession Number: 3294.191
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title:
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Trillium Linnaeus, Liliaceae

Description: rhizome
Medium: pencil
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Dimensions (cm): 14.5 x 9
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Accession Number: 3294.192
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: ''[illegible]''
Taxon:

Dicotyledoneae

Description: floral details
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Dimensions (cm): 11.5 x 17
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Accession Number: 3294.193
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: ''Sweet p[ea]; Chickweed, S[tellaria] media; Amaranthus; Peach; Coreopsis''
Taxon:

Amaranthus Linnaeus, Amaranthaceae; Coreopsis Linnaeus, Asteraceae alt. Compositae; Lathyrus Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae; Prunus Linnaeus, Rosaceae; Stellaria Linnaeus, Caryophyllaceae

Description: floral and fruit details
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Dimensions (cm): 14.5 x 21.5
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Accession Number: 3294.194
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.
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Dicotyledoneae

Description: young plant
Medium: pencil
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Dimensions (cm): 10.5 x 7
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Accession Number: 3294.195
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: ''Erythronium''
Taxon:

Erythronium Linnaeus, Liliaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 24 x 15
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Accession Number: 3294.196
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: ''Trumpet''
Taxon:

Campsis Loureiro, Bignoniaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 10 x 31
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Accession Number: 3294.197
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: ''Calopogon''
Taxon:

Calopogon R. Brown, Orchidaceae

Description: flowers
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Dimensions (cm): 8.5 x 20
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Accession Number: 3294.198
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.
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Asteraceae alt. Compositae

Description: floral details
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Dimensions (cm): 28 x 14
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Accession Number: 3294.199
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: ''Oxalis''
Taxon:

Oxalis Linnaeus, Oxalidaceae

Description: floral details
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Dimensions (cm): 7 x 23
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