Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute

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Accession Number: 3294.200
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: ''Tobacco''
Taxon:

Nicotiana Linnaeus, Solanaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 15 x 22
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Accession Number: 3294.201
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: ''Cactus, Ficus indica''
Taxon:

Mammillaria Haworth, Cactaceae; Ficus Linnaeus, Moraceae

Description: young seedlings
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Dimensions (cm): 6 x 12.5
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Accession Number: 3294.202
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. umbellata''
Taxon:

Papaveraceae

Description: floral details
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Accession Number: 3294.203
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Crassulaceae ?

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Accession Number: 3294.204
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Dicotyledoneae

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Dimensions (cm): 10.5 x 6.5
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Accession Number: 3294.205
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Dicotyledoneae

Description: floral details
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Dimensions (cm): 20 x 7
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Accession Number: 3294.206
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Cucurbitaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 25 x 19
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Accession Number: 3294.207
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: ''Solomon seal, Lily white, Tiger''
Taxon:

Lilium Linnaeus, Liliaceae; Smilacina Desfontaines, Liliaceae

Description: bulbs, rhizomes
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Dimensions (cm): 24 x 19
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Accession Number: 3294.208
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Hierochloa, Panicum sanguinula, Anthoxanthum''
Taxon:

Anthoxanthum Linnaeus, Poaceae alt. Gramineae; Hierochloë R. Brown, Gramineae; Panicum Linnaeus, Poaceae alt. Gramineae

Description: floral details
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Accession Number: 3294.209
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Lobelia, Pyrola maculata''
Taxon:

Lobelia Linnaeus, Campanulaceae; Pyrola Linnaeus Pyrolaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 17.5 x 16.5
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Accession Number: 3294.210
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: ''Rhexia''
Taxon:

Rhexia Gronovius, Melastomataceae

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Dimensions (cm): 17 x 16
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Accession Number: 3294.211
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title:
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Dicotyledoneae

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Dimensions (cm): 12.5 x 10
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Accession Number: 3294.212
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: ''Rosa carolina''
Taxon:

Rosa Linnaeus, Rosaceae

Description: floral details
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Dimensions (cm): 12 x 14
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Accession Number: 3294.213
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: floral details
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Dimensions (cm): 11.5 x 15.5
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Accession Number: 3294.214
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Papaver Linnaeus, Papaveraceae

Description: capsules
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Dimensions (cm): 15.5 x 14
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Accession Number: 3294.215
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: ''Sorghum, Andropogon scoparius, Paspalum laeva, Panicum virgatum, Erianthus alopecuroides, Cenchrus''
Taxon:

Andropogon Linnaeus, Cenchrus Linnaeus, Erianthus A. Michaux, Panicum Linnaeus, Paspalum Linnaeus, Sorghum Moench, Poaceae alt. Gramineae

Description: floral details
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Dimensions (cm): 18 x 27
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Accession Number: 3294.216
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Phleum, Poa, Danthonia, Festuca, Briza pyrum, Calamagrostus''
Taxon:

Briza Linnaeus, Calamagrostis Adanson, Danthonia de Candolle, Festuca Linnaeus, Phleum Linnaeus, Poa Linnaeus, Poaceae alt. Gramineae

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Accession Number: 3294.217
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: ''Bouteloua, Eleusine, Cynodes, Gymnopogon racemosus, Ctentum, Bouteloua, Dactyloctenium''
Taxon:

Bouteloua Lagasca y Segura, Ctenium Panzer, Cynodon Richard, Dactyloctenium Willdenow, Eleusine Gaertner, Gymnopogon Palisot de Beauvois, Poaceae alt. Gramineae

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Accession Number: 3294.218
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Zizania, Leersia, Spartina, Tripsacum''
Taxon:

Leersia O. Swartz, Spartina Schreber, Tripsacum Linnaeus, Zizania Linnaeus, Poaceae alt. Gramineae

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Accession Number: 3294.219
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: ''Leptochloa facicularia, M[uhlenbergia] diffusa, Muhlenbergia sylvatica, Orysepsis [sic] asperifolia, Vilfa vaginaeflora, Sporolobus cryptandrus, Cinna, Tricuspis sesleroides''
Taxon:

Cinna Linnaeus, Leptochloa Palisont de Beauvois, Muhlenbergia Schreber, Oryzopsis A. Michaux, Sporobolus R. Brown, Tricuspidaria Ruiz and Pavon, Vilfa Adanson, Poaceae alt. Gramineae

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Accession Number: 3294.220
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: ''Agrostis scabra, Panicum capillare, Glyceria nervata, Arrheneatherum, Avena striata''
Taxon:

Agrostis Linnaeus, Arrhenatherum Palisot de Beauvois, Avena Linnaeus, Glyceria R. Brown, Panicum Linnaeus, Poaceae alt. Gramineae

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Accession Number: 3294.221
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: ''Phleum, Alopecurus''
Taxon:

Alopecurus Linnaeus, Phleum Linnaeus, Poaceae alt. Gramineae

Description: inflorescences
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Accession Number: 3294.222
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title:
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Poaceae alt. Gramineae

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Accession Number: 3294.223
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Eutonia, Melica, Diarrhena, Koeleria, [illegible]''
Taxon:

Diarrhena Palisot de Beauvois, ? , Koeleria Persoon, Melica Linnaeus, ?, Poaceae alt. Gramineae

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Accession Number: 3294.224
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Scirpus debilis, Eleocharis quadrangulata, E. olivacea, Eriophorum alpinum, Fimbristylis laxa, F. autumnalis, Eleocharis tuberculosa''
Taxon:

Eleocharis R. Brown, Eriophorum Linnaeus, Fimbristylis M. Vahl, Scirpus Linnaeus, Cyperaceae

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