Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 0849.21
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: ''Hibiscus mutabilis or Changeable rose''
Taxon:
Hibiscus mutabilis 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).
HIBD Exhibitions: Botany and History Entwined: Rachel Hunt's Legacy (2011) [catalogue]
HIBD Publications: Tancin, C. A., L. B. Bruno, A. L. Todd and D. W. Brown. 2011. Botany and History Entwined: Rachel Hunt's Legacy. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 73.
Accession Number: 0849.22
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 trionum''
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: 0849.23
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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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Jar plum''
Taxon:
Syzygium cuminii (Linnaeus) Skeels, 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: 0849.24
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: ''Justicia''
Taxon:
Pachystachys coccinea (Aublet) Nees, Acanthaceae
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: 0849.25
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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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Jacquinia armillaris'' ?
Taxon:
Jacquinia arborea Vahl, Theophrastaceae
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: 0849.26
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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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Lignum vito''
Taxon:
Guaiacum officinale Linnaeus, Zygophyllaceae
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: 0849.27
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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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Lantana camara''
Taxon:
Lantana camara Linnaeus, Verbenaceae
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: 0849.28
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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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Lunonia [?] triphylla''
Taxon:
Triphasia trifolia (Burman fil) P. Wils., Rutaceae
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: 0849.29
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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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Melia azedarach or Common lilac''
Taxon:
Melia azedarach Linnaeus, Meliaceae
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: 0849.30
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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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Nyotanthes sambacl, Cape jasmine''
Taxon:
Gardenia jasminoides Ellis, Rubiaceae
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: 0849.31
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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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Nondescript''
Taxon:
Turnera Linnaeus, Turneraceae
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: 0849.32
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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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Poinciana pulcherrima, Barbados pride horizontal''
Taxon:
Caesalpinia 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: 0849.33
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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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Petrea volubiles''
Taxon:
Petraea kohautiana Presl, Verbenaceae
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: 0849.34
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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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Phoenix dactylifera (male), Date tree''
Taxon:
Phoenix dactylifera Linnaeus, Arecaceae alt. Palmae
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: 0849.35
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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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Plumeria rubia''
Taxon:
Plumeria rubra Linnaeus, Apocynaceae
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: 0849.36
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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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Passiflora''
Taxon:
Passiflora serratodigitata Linnaeus, Passifloraceae
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).
HIBD Exhibitions: Duets, 2014
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Accession Number: 0849.37
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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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Quassia amara''
Taxon:
Quassia amara Linnaeus, Simaroubaceae
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: 0849.38
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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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''St. Vincent birch''
Taxon:
Swartzia simplex (Swartz) Sprengel, 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: 0849.39
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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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Solanum''
Taxon:
Solanum seaforthianum Andrews, Solanaceae
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: 0849.40
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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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Solanum''
Taxon:
Solanum subinerme Jacquin, Solanaceae
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: 0849.41
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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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Holy thorn''
Taxon:
Parkinsonia aculeata 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: 0849.42
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793?–1823?
Nationality: Antigua and England ?
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Sherry''
Taxon:
Malpighia glabra Linnaeus, Malpighiaceae
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 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent from 1785 to 1811. Tyley likely worked for Anderson between 1793? and 1800.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 and 1804.
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Accession Number: 0849.43
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793?–1823?
Nationality: Antigua and England ?
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Trinidad bean''
Taxon:
Clitoria ternatea Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
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:
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Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent from 1785 to 1811. Tyley likely worked for Anderson between 1793? and 1800.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 and 1804. Watermark on this paper is "I Taylor 1804."
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Accession Number: 0849.44
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793?–1823?
Nationality: Antigua and England ?
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Tobago rose''
Taxon:
Brownea latifolia Jacquin, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
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
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Printmaker:
Notes: The native Antiguan John Tyley worked as a botanical illustrator for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent from 1785 to 1811. Tyley likely worked for Anderson between 1793? and 1800.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 and 1804.
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0849.45
Artist Name: Tyley, John
Life Span: fl.1793?–1823?
Nationality: Antigua and England ?
Gender: Male
Image (click image to view):
Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''West India bark''
Taxon:
Exostema sanctae-luciae (Kentish) Britten, Rubiaceae
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 for the Scotsman Alexander Anderson during his tenure as superintendent of the King’s Botanical Garden of St. Vincent from 1785 to 1811. Tyley likely worked for Anderson between 1793? and 1800.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 and 1804.
HIBD Exhibitions:
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