Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute

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Accession Number: 3510
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: ''(Salix livida) Beaked willow (Salix rostrata)''
Taxon:

Salix livida Wahlenberg; Salix Linnaeus, Salicaceae

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Accession Number: 3511
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: ''Silky leaved willow (Salix pericea)''
Taxon:

Salix Linnaeus, Salicaceae

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Accession Number: 3512
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: ''American elm (Ulmus americana)''
Taxon:

Ulmus americana Linnaeus, Ulmaceae

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Accession Number: 3513
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: ''Slippery elm (Ulmus fulva)''
Taxon:

Ulmus fulva Michaux, Ulmaceae

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Accession Number: 3514
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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Vaccinium Linnaeus, Ericaceae

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Accession Number: 3527
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Credit: This image is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the SEPARATE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATABASE [once photographed]. When using these images, please include the following credit statement: Courtesy of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Oenothera tanacetifolia''
Taxon:

Oenothera tanacetifolia Torrey and A. Gray, Onagraceae

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Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 24
Image Size: 23 x 18
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Printmaker: Ackerman Lith.
Notes: ''U.S.P.R.R. Ex. and Surveys. 38th and 39th and 41st Parallel.'' (t.l.), ''Botany Plate IV.'' (t.r.).
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Accession Number: 3528
Artist Name: Roetter, Paulus and Möllhausen, H. B.
Life Span: (1806-1894) and (1825-1905)
Nationality: Germany and United States
Gender: Male
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Credit: This image is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the SEPARATE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATABASE. When using it, please include the following credit statement: Courtesy of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa., on indefinite loan from the Smithsonian Institution.
Title: ''Opuntia parryi, O. clavata, O. engelmanni var. cyclodes, O. occidentalis, O. angustata, O. camanchica''
Taxon:

Opuntia parryi Engelmann, O. clavata Engelmann, O. engelmanni var. cyclodes Engelmann and J. M. Bigelow, O. x occidentalis Engelmann and J. M. Bigelow, O. angustata Engelmann and J. M. Bigelow, O. camanchica Engelmann and J. M. Bigelow, Cactaceae

Description: seeds
Medium: lithograph
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Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 24.5
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Published: Engelmann, G. and Bigelow, J. M. 1856. No. 3. Description of the cactaceae in Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Washington, D.C.: A. O. P. Nicholson. Vol. 4. Pl. 22.
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Notes: On p. 57: ''They [the figures] were drawn with the greatest accuracy, partly from living and in part from dried specimens, by Mr. Paulus Roetter of St. Louis, under the personal superintendence of Dr. Engelmann. The drawings made on the spot by Mr. H. B. Möllhausen, the artist of the expedition, greatly aided the work and were made use of, and even partly copied, especially in the plates exhibiting the Cylindric Opuntiae.'' Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 3529
Artist Name: Roetter, Paulus and Möllhausen, H. B.
Life Span: (1806-1894) and (1825-1905)
Nationality: Germany and United States
Gender: Male
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Credit: This image is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the SEPARATE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATABASE. When using it, please include the following credit statement: Courtesy of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa., on indefinite loan from the Smithsonian Institution.
Title: ''Opuntia tortispina, O. fusiformis, O. rafinesquii, O. stenochila, O. cymochila, O. vulgaris, O. basilaris, O. hystricina, O. missouriensis var. rufispina, var. platycarpa, var. alspina, var. tricophora''
Taxon:

Opuntia tortispina Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow, O. fusiformis Engelmann and J. M. Bigelow, O. rafinesquei Englemann, O. stenochila Engelmann and J. M. Bigelow, O. cymochila Engelmann and J. M. Bigelow, O. vulgaris Miller, O. basilaris Englemann and J. M. Bigelow, O. hystricina Engelmann and J. M. Bigelow, O. missouriensis var. rufispina Engelemann and J. M. Bigelow, O. missouriensis var. platycarpa Englemann, O. missouriensis var. albispina Englemann and J. M. Englemann, O. missouriensis var. var. tricophora Englemann and J. M. Bigelow, Cactaceae

Description: seeds
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 24.5
Image Size: 24.5 x 18.5
Edition: artist's proof
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Published: Engelmann, G. and Bigelow, J. M. 1856. No. 3. Description of the cactaceae in Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Washington, D.C.: A. O. P. Nicholson. Vol. 4. Pl. 23.
Printmaker: Ackerman
Notes: On p. 57: ''They [the figures] were drawn with the greatest accuracy, partly from living and in part from dried specimens, by Mr. Paulus Roetter of St. Louis, under the personal superintendence of Dr. Engelmann. The drawings made on the spot by Mr. H. B. Möllhausen, the artist of the expedition, greatly aided the work and were made use of, and even partly copied, especially in the plates exhibiting the Cylindric Opuntiae.'' Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 3530
Artist Name: Roetter, Paulus and Möllhausen, H. B.
Life Span: (1806-1894) and (1825-1905)
Nationality: Germany and United States
Gender: Male
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Credit: This image is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the SEPARATE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATABASE. When using it, please include the following credit statement: Courtesy of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa., on indefinite loan from the Smithsonian Institution.
Title: ''Opuntia missouriensis var. microsperma Engelmann, O. sphærocarpa, O. erinacea, O. tragilis, O. clavata, O. parryi, O. echinocarpa, O. whipplei, O. acanthocarpa, O. arborescens, O. vaginata, O. frutescens, O. tessellata''
Taxon:

Opuntia missouriensis var. microsperma, O. sphærocarpa Engelmann and J. M. Bigelow, O. erinacea Engelmann and J. M. Bigelow, O. (Linnaeus) Miller, O. clavata Engelmann, O. parryi Engelmann, O. echinocarpa Engelmann and J. M. Bigelow, O. whipplei Engelmann and J. M. Bigelow, O. acanthocarpa Engelmann and J. M. Bigelow, O. arborescens Engelmann, O. vaginata Englemann, O. frutescens Engelmann, O. (Linnaeus) Miller, Cactaceae

Description: seeds
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 24.5
Image Size: 24.5 x 18.5
Edition: artist's proof
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Published: Engelmann, G. and Bigelow, J. M. 1856. No. 3. Description of the cactaceae in Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Washington, D.C.: A. O. P. Nicholson. Vol. 4. Pl. 24.
Printmaker: Ackerman
Notes: On p. 57: ''They [the figures] were drawn with the greatest accuracy, partly from living and in part from dried specimens, by Mr. Paulus Roetter of St. Louis, under the personal superintendence of Dr. Engelmann. The drawings made on the spot by Mr. H. B. Möllhausen, the artist of the expedition, greatly aided the work and were made use of, and even partly copied, especially in the plates exhibiting the Cylindric Opuntiae.'' Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 3531
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Credit: This image is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the SEPARATE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATABASE [once photographed]. When using these images, please include the following credit statement: Courtesy of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Phacelia humilis''
Taxon:

Phacelia humilis Torrey ex A. Gray, Hydrophyllaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 30 x 24
Image Size: 23 x 18
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Printmaker: Ackerman Lith.
Notes: ''U.S.P.R.R. Ex. and Surveys. 38th and 39th and 41st Parallel.'' (t.l.), ''Botany Plate VII.'' (t.r.).
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Accession Number: 3532
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Credit: This image is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the SEPARATE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATABASE [once photographed]. When using these images, please include the following credit statement: Courtesy of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Phlox canescens''
Taxon:

Phlox canescens Torrey and A. Gray, Polemoniaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 30 x 24
Image Size: 23 x 18
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Printmaker: Ackerman Lith.
Notes: ''U.S.P.R.R. Ex. and Surveys. 38th and 39th and 41st Parallel.'' (t.l.), ''Botany Plate VI.'' (t.r.).
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Accession Number: 3536
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Credit: This image is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the SEPARATE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATABASE [once photographed]. When using these images, please include the following credit statement: Courtesy of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Tetradymia glabrata''
Taxon:

Tetradymia glabrata Torrey and A. Gray, Asteraceae alt. Compositae

Description:
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 24
Image Size: 23 x 18
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Printmaker: Ackerman Lith.
Notes: ''U.S.P.R.R. Ex. and Surveys. 38th and 39th and 41st Parallel.'' (t.l.), ''Botany Plate V.'' (t.r.).
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Accession Number: 3540
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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Thuja Linnaeus, Pinaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 34 x 26
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Printmaker: Prestele, J.
Notes: Two compositions on double page.
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Accession Number: 3541
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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Malvaceae

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Notes: may be from from Asa Gray, ''Chloris Boreali-Americana." Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts n.s., 3: 1-56. pl. ?. 1846.
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Accession Number: 3542
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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Darlingtonia J. Torrey, Sarraceniaceae

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Accession Number: 3543
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: "Scirpus" (rev. of image on left)
Taxon:

Carex Linnaeus, Scirpus ? Linnaeus, Cyperaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 28.5 x 46.5
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Notes: Two compositions on double page (accessioned as Nos. 3543 and 3544).
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Accession Number: 3545
Artist Name: Sullivant, William Starling
Life Span: (1803-1873)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Hypnum oakesii Sulliv.''
Taxon:

Hylocomium W. P. Schimper, Bryophyta, Hylocomiaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 32 x 24.5
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Signature: Sonrel, A.
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Notes: ''Tab. V'' (t.l.), ''Memoirs Amer. Acad. Sciences Arts. N.S. 4 169-176 1849 (or 48?) i-v'' (rev.).
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Accession Number: 3546
Artist Name: Landwehr, Jacob
Life Span: (1911-1996)
Nationality: Netherlands
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Orthotrichum sprucei Mont.''
Taxon:

Orthotrichum J. Hedwig Bryophyta, Orthotrichaceae

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Medium: ink
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Dimensions (cm): 25 x 16
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Published: ''226'' (b.l.).
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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: 3547
Artist Name: Landwehr, Jacob
Life Span: (1911-1996)
Nationality: Netherlands
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Ctenidium molluscum (Hedw.) Mitt.''
Taxon:

Ctenidium molluscum (Hedwig) Mitten, Bryophyta, Hypnaceae

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Medium: ink
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Dimensions (cm): 16.5 x 15
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Notes: ''Fig. 441'' (b.c.).
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Accession Number: 3549
Artist Name: Günthart, Lotte
Life Span: (1914-2007)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Female
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Taxon:

Lilium Linnaeus, Liliaceae

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Medium: drypoint
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 51 x 36.5
Image Size: 28 x 20.5
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Signature: Lotte Günthart (b.c.)
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Printmaker: Lotte Günthart
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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. 102–103.
Accession Number: 3550
Artist Name: Angel, Marie Felicity
Life Span: (1923-2010)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Digitalis purpurea (foxglove)''
Taxon:

Digitalis Linnaeus, Scrophulariaceae

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Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
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Notes: Letter D of abecedarium series commissioned by Hunt Institute.
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: 3551
Artist Name: Nash, John Northcote
Life Span: (1893-1977)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Taxon:

Helleborus Linnaeus, Ranunculaceae

Description: flower in glass
Medium: watercolor, pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 22.5
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Date of Execution: 1968
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Signature: John Nash (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: 3552
Artist Name: Nash, John Northcote
Life Span: (1893-1977)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Campanula trachelium''
Taxon:

Campanula trachelium Linnaeus, Campanulaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 34 x 21.5
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Signature: John Nash (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: 3553
Artist Name: Nash, John Northcote
Life Span: (1893-1977)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Inula''
Taxon:

Inula Linnaeus, Asteraceae alt. Compositae

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Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 22.5
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Signature: John Nash (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: 3554
Artist Name: Nash, John Northcote
Life Span: (1893-1977)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Common buttercup, Gold knots, Upright crowfoot, Ranunculus acris''
Taxon:

Ranunculus acris Linnaeus, Ranunculaceae

Description:
Medium: wood engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26.5 x 18
Image Size: 16.5 x 11.5
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Signature: John Nash (b.r.)
Published: Nash, J. N. 1927. Poisonous Plants, Deadly, Dangerous and Suspect. London: Frederick Etchells and Hugh Macdonald. P. 81.
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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.

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