Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 4379
Artist Name: Walcott, Mary Morris Vaux
Life Span: (1860-1940)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Copyright: public domain
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Title: ''Pachyphytum''
Taxon:
Pachyphytum Link, Crassulaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor, pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35.5 x 25.5
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Date of Execution: 1920
Place of Execution:
Signature: M.V.W (b.r.)
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Notes: Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4380
Artist Name: Patten, Juliet C.
Life Span: (fl.1906-1919?)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Copyright: public domain
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Title: "Larix alaskensis W. F. Wight"
Taxon:
Larix alaskensis W. Wight, Pinaceae
Description:
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 23 x 35
Image Size: 9 x 26.5
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Signature: JCP
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Notes: Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4381.01
Artist Name: Holm, Hermann Theodore
Life Span: (1854-1932)
Nationality: Denmark and United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain
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Title: ''Carex pribylovensis Jas. Macoun''
Taxon:
Carex pribylovensis Macoun, Cyperaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 19.5
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Date of Execution:
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Signature: Theo. Holm (b.r.)
Published: see notes field
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Notes: ''Plate 1'' (b.c.). Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4381.02
Artist Name: Holm, Hermann Theodore
Life Span: (1854-1932)
Nationality: Denmark and United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain
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Title: ''Carex venustula Holm''
Taxon:
Carex venustula Holm, Cyperaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 19.5
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Signature: Theo. Holm (b.r.)
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Notes: ''Plate 2'' (b.l.). Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4381.03
Artist Name: Holm, Hermann Theodore
Life Span: (1854-1932)
Nationality: Denmark and United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain
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Title: ''Carex vulgaris Fr. var. limnophila 1. and var. lipocarpa Holm 2''
Taxon:
Carex vulgaris var. limnophila Holm, C. vulgaris var. lipocarpa Holm, Cyperaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 19.5
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Date of Execution:
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Signature: Theo. Holm (b.r.)
Published: see notes field
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Notes: ''Plate 3'' (b.l.). Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4381.04
Artist Name: Holm, Hermann Theodore
Life Span: (1854-1932)
Nationality: Denmark and United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain
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Title: ''Carex sitchensis Prescott''
Taxon:
Carex sitchensis J. D. Prescott, Cyperaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 19.5
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Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Theo. Holm (b.c.)
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Notes: ''Plate 4'' (b.l.). Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4381.05
Artist Name: Holm, Hermann Theodore
Life Span: (1854-1932)
Nationality: Denmark and United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain
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Title: ''Carex subspathacea Wormskj. 1. Carex salina Wahlenb. 2''
Taxon:
Carex salina Wahlenberg, C. subspathacea Wormskjold, Cyperaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 19.5
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Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Theo. Holm (b.r.)
Published: see notes field
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Notes: ''Plate 5'' (b.l.). Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4381.06
Artist Name: Holm, Hermann Theodore
Life Span: (1854-1932)
Nationality: Denmark and United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain
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Title: ''Carex nesophila Holm''
Taxon:
Carex nesophila Holm, Cyperaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 19.5
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Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Theo. Holm (b.r.)
Published: see notes field
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Notes: ''Plate 6'' (b.l.). Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4381.07
Artist Name: Holm, Hermann Theodore
Life Span: (1854-1932)
Nationality: Denmark and United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain
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Title: ''Carex nesophila Holm''
Taxon:
Carex nesophila Holm, Cyperaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 19.5
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Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Theo. Holm (b.l.)
Published: see notes field
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Notes: ''Plate 7'' (b.l.). Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4381.08
Artist Name: Holm, Hermann Theodore
Life Span: (1854-1932)
Nationality: Denmark and United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain
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Title: ''Carex cryptocarpa Mey.''
Taxon:
Carex cryptocarpa C. A. Meyer, Cyperaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 19.5
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Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Theo. Holm (b.r.)
Published: see notes field
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Notes: ''Plate 8'' (b.l.). Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4381.09
Artist Name: Holm, Hermann Theodore
Life Span: (1854-1932)
Nationality: Denmark and United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain
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Title: ''1. Carex macrochaeta var. macrochlaena Holm 2. Carex macrochaeta var. chaetophora Holm''
Taxon:
Carex macrochaeta var. macrochlaena Holm, C. macrochaeta C. A. Meyer, Cyperaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 19.5
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Theo. Holm (b.l.)
Published: see notes field
Printmaker:
Notes: ''Plate 9'' (b.l.). Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4381.10
Artist Name: Holm, Hermann Theodore
Life Span: (1854-1932)
Nationality: Denmark and United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain
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: ''Carex stygia Fr.''
Taxon:
Carex stygia Fries, Cyperaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 19.5
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Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Theo. Holm (b.r.)
Published: see notes field
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Notes: ''Plate 10'' (b.l.). Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4381.11
Artist Name: Holm, Hermann Theodore
Life Span: (1854-1932)
Nationality: Denmark and United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain
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: ''Carex lejocarpa Mey.''
Taxon:
Carex Linnaeus, Cyperaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 19.5
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Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Theo. Holm (b.r.)
Published: see notes field
Printmaker:
Notes: ''Plate 11'' (b.l.)." Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4381.12
Artist Name: Holm, Hermann Theodore
Life Span: (1854-1932)
Nationality: Denmark and United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain
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: ''Carex physochlaena Holm''
Taxon:
Carex physochlaena Holm, Cyperaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 19.5
Image Size:
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Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Theo. Holm (b.r.)
Published: see notes field
Printmaker:
Notes: ''Plate 12'' (b.l.). Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4382.01
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain [not yet photographed]
Credit: This image is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the SEPARATE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATABASE [when photographed] 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: ''Selenia dissecta''
Taxon:
Selenia disseuta Torrey and Gray, Brassicaceae alt. Cruciferae
Description:
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 24
Image Size: 24 x 16.5
Edition: artist's proof
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Torrey, J. and A. Gray. 1855. Report of the botany of the expedition. 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: A. O. P. Nicholson. Vol. 2. [Pl. 1.]
Printmaker: Prestele
Notes: Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4382.02
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain [not yet photographed]
Credit: This image is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the SEPARATE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATABASE [when photographed] 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: ''Calymmandra candida''
Taxon:
Calymmandra candida Torrey and Gray, Asteraceae alt. Compositae
Description:
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 24
Image Size: 24 x 16.5
Edition: artist's proof
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Torrey, J. and A. Gray. 1855. Report of the botany of the expedition. 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: A. O. P. Nicholson. Vol. 2. [Pl. 2.]
Printmaker: Prestele
Notes: Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4382.03
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain [not yet photographed]
Credit: This image is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the SEPARATE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATABASE [when photographed] 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: ''Filaginopsis multicaulis''
Taxon:
Filaginopsis multicaulis Torrey and Gray, Asteraceae alt. Compositae
Description:
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 24
Image Size: 24 x 16.5
Edition: artist's proof
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Torrey, J. and A. Gray. 1855. Report of the botany of the expedition. 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: A. O. P. Nicholson. Vol. 2. [Pl. 3.]
Printmaker: Prestele
Notes: Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4382.04
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain [not yet photographed]
Credit: This image is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the SEPARATE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATABASE [when photographed] 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: ''Stenandrium barbatum''
Taxon:
Stenandrium barbatum Torrey and Gray, Acanthaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 24
Image Size: 24 x 16.5
Edition: artist's proof
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Torrey, J. and A. Gray. 1855. Report of the botany of the expedition. 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: A. O. P. Nicholson. Vol. 2. [Pl. 4.]
Printmaker: Prestele
Notes: Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4382.05
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain [not yet photographed]
Credit: This image is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the SEPARATE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATABASE [when photographed] 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: ''Pentstemon [sic] fendleri''
Taxon:
Penstemon fendleri Torrey and Gray, Scrophulariaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 24
Image Size: 24 x 16.5
Edition: artist's proof
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Torrey, J. and A. Gray. 1855. Report of the botany of the expedition. 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: A. O. P. Nicholson. Vol. 2. [Pl. 5.]
Printmaker: Prestele
Notes: Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4382.06
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain [not yet photographed]
Credit: This image is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the SEPARATE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATABASE [when photographed] 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: ''Salviastrum texanum''
Taxon:
Salviastrum texanum Scheele, Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae
Description:
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 24
Image Size: 24 x 16.5
Edition: artist's proof
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Torrey, J. and A. Gray. 1855. Report of the botany of the expedition. 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: A. O. P. Nicholson. Vol. 2. [Pl. 6.]
Printmaker: Prestele
Notes: Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4382.07
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain [not yet photographed]
Credit: This image is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the SEPARATE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATABASE [when photographed] 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: ''Stegnocarpus canescens''
Taxon:
Stegnocarpus canescens (de Candolle) Torrey, Boraginaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 24
Image Size: 24 x 16.5
Edition: artist's proof
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Torrey, J. and A. Gray. 1855. Report of the botany of the expedition. 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: A. O. P. Nicholson. Vol. 2. [Pl. 7.]
Printmaker: Prestele
Notes: Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4382.08
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain [not yet photographed]
Credit: This image is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the SEPARATE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATABASE [when photographed] 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:
Taxon:
Ptilocalyx Torrey and A. Gray, Boraginaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 24
Image Size: 24 x 16.5
Edition: artist's proof
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Torrey, J. and A. Gray. 1855. Report of the botany of the expedition. 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: A. O. P. Nicholson. Vol. 2. [Pl. 8.]
Printmaker: Prestele
Notes: Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4382.09
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain [not yet photographed]
Credit: This image is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the SEPARATE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATABASE [when photographed] 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: ''Eddya hispidissima''
Taxon:
Eddya hispidissima Torrey and A. Gray, Boraginaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 24
Image Size: 24 x 16.5
Edition: artist's proof
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Torrey, J. and A. Gray. 1855. Report of the botany of the expedition. 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: A. O. P. Nicholson. Vol. 2. [Pl. 9.]
Printmaker: Prestele
Notes: Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4382.10
Artist Name: Sprague, Isaac
Life Span: (1811-1895)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: public domain [not yet photographed]
Credit: This image is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the SEPARATE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATABASE [when photographed] 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: ''Phacelia popei''
Taxon:
Phacelia popei Torrey and A. Gray, Hydrophyllaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 24
Image Size: 24 x 16.5
Edition: artist's proof
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published: Torrey, J. and A. Gray. 1855. Report of the botany of the expedition. 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: A. O. P. Nicholson. Vol. 2. [Pl. 10.]
Printmaker: Prestele
Notes: Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 4384.01
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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Copyright: public domain
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: ''1-2. Echinocactus polyancistrus Engelm. et Bigel., 3-5. E. lecontei Engelm.''
Taxon:
Echinocactus polyancistrus Englemann and J. M. Bigelow, E. lecontei Engelmann, Cactaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 24.5
Image Size: 24.5 x 18.5
Edition: artist's proof
Date of Execution:
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Signature:
Published: Engelmann, G. and J. M. Bigelow. 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: A. O. P. Nicholson. Vol. 4. [Pl. 2.]
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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