Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 0128
Artist Name: Redouté, Pierre-Joseph
Life Span: (1759-1840)
Nationality: Belgium
Gender: Male
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Title: Fritillaire, Imperiale var. jaune
Taxon:
Fritillaria Linnaeus, Liliaceae
Description:
Medium: stipple engraving, printed in color, finished by hand with color wash
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 33.5 x 25.5
Image Size: 27 x 22
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Published: Redouté, P.-J. 1827-1833. Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs .... Paris: the author; Ernest Panckoucke.
Printmaker: Victor
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HIBD Exhibitions: Exhibition of Redoutéana, 21 April–1 August 1963
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Accession Number: 0129
Artist Name: Griswold, Ralph Esty
Life Span: (1894-1981)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: British Queen
Taxon:
x Laeliocattleya Rolfe, Orchidaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 28.5 x 25
Image Size: 19.5 x 15.5
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Signature: Ralph E. Griswold (b.r.)
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Notes: Also another copy.
HIBD Exhibitions: Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International] (1964)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H.M., comp. 1964. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International]. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library.
Accession Number: 0130
Artist Name: Griswold, Ralph Esty
Life Span: (1894-1981)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: White cyclamen
Taxon:
Cyclamen Linnaeus, Primulaceae
Description:
Medium: lithograph
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 23 x 26.5
Image Size: 15.5 x 19.5
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Signature: Ralph E. Griswold (b.r.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International] (1964)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H.M., comp. 1964. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Contemporary Botanical Art and Illustration [1st International]. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library.
Accession Number: 0131
Artist Name: Brookshaw, George
Life Span: (active 1804-1819)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Taxon:
Fragaria Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: Stipple engraving with aquatint printed in color and finished with watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 54 x 43
Image Size: 42 x 32
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Published: Brookshaw, G. [1804-] 1812. Pomona Britanica ... London: the author. Pl. 1.
Printmaker: Brookshaw, G. and Merke, H.
Notes: Exhibited in Books Drawings Prints from the Botanical Collection of Mrs. Roy Arthur Hunt, University of Virginia, 25 April–10 June 1952, hosted by the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; printed for the author by by T. Bensley
HIBD Exhibitions: Botany and History Entwined: Rachel Hunt's Legacy (2011)
HIBD Publications: Tancin, C. A., L. B. B. Bruno, A. L. Todd and D. W. Brown. 2011. Botany and History Entwined: Rachel Hunt's Legacy. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 0132
Artist Name: Brookshaw, George
Life Span: (active 1804-1819)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title:
Taxon:
Ribes Linnaeus, Saxifragaceae
Description: 17 fruits
Medium: Stipple engraving with aquatint printed in color and finished with watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 53.9 x 43.2
Image Size: 42 x 32.1
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Published: Brookshaw, G. [1804-] 1812. Pomona Britanica ... London, the author. Pl. 6.
Printmaker: Brookshaw, G. and Merke, H.
Notes: Exhibited in Books Drawings Prints from the Botanical Collection of Mrs. Roy Arthur Hunt, University of Virginia, 25 April–10 June 1952, hosted by the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; printed for the author by T. Bensley
HIBD Exhibitions: Botany and History Entwined: Rachel Hunt's Legacy (2011)
HIBD Publications: Tancin, C. A., L. B. B. Bruno, A. L. Todd and D. W. Brown. 2011. Botany and History Entwined: Rachel Hunt's Legacy. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 0133
Artist Name: Bury, Priscilla Susan (Mrs. Edward)
Life Span: (1793–1869)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Title: Crinum declinatum
Taxon:
Crinum Linnaeus, Amaryllidaceae
Description:
Medium: aquatint
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 56 x 36
Image Size: 53.5 x 34.5 mat opening
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Published: Bury, P. 1831-1834. A Selection of Hexandrian Plants ... London: Robert Havell. Pl. 43.
Printmaker: Havell, R.
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Accession Number: 0134
Artist Name: Cattrani, Balthasar
Life Span: (1770-1810)
Nationality: Italy
Gender: Male
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Title:
Taxon:
Convolvulus Linnaeus, Convolvulaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 53.5 x 38
Image Size: 43 x 27.5
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Notes: Exhibited in Books Drawings Prints from the Botanical Collection of Mrs. Roy Arthur Hunt, University of Virginia, 25 April–10 June 1952, hosted by the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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Accession Number: 0135
Artist Name: Cattrani, Balthasar
Life Span: (1770-1810)
Nationality: Italy
Gender: Male
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Title: Pulmonaria officinalis maculata H. P. var.
Taxon:
Pulmonaria Linnaeus, Boraginaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 53.5 x 38
Image Size: 43 x 27.5
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Accession Number: 0136
Artist Name: Cattrani, Balthasar
Life Span: (1770-1810)
Nationality: Italy
Gender: Male
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Title: Aspodelus [sic] fistulosus W.
Taxon:
Asphodelus Linnaeus, Liliaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 53.5 x 38
Image Size: 43 x 27.5
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Accession Number: 0137
Artist Name: Cattrani, Balthassar
Life Span: (1770-1810)
Nationality: Italy
Gender: Male
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Title: Nerium flore pleno
Taxon:
Nerium Linnaeus, Apocynaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 53 x 38
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Accession Number: 0138
Artist Name: Cattrani, Balthasar
Life Span: (1770-1810)
Nationality: Italy
Gender: Male
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Title: Celosia albida
Taxon:
Allmania nodiflora (Linnaeus) R. Brown ex Wight, Amaranthaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 54.5 x 38.5
Image Size: 43 x 27.5
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Accession Number: 0139
Artist Name: Cattrani, Balthasar
Life Span: (1770-1810)
Nationality: Italy
Gender: Male
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Title:
Taxon:
Yucca Linnaeus, Liliaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 53.5 x 38
Image Size: 43 x 27.5
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HIBD Exhibitions: Duets, 2014
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Accession Number: 0140
Artist Name: Cattrani, Balthasar
Life Span: (1770-1810)
Nationality: Italy
Gender: Male
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Title:
Taxon:
Amaranthus Linnaeus, Amaranthaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 53.5 x 38
Image Size: 43 x 27.5
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Accession Number: 0141
Artist Name: Swett, Moses
Life Span: (active 1826-1837)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Description: flowers
Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 39.5 x 48.5
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Published: "Lith. & Published by Endicott & Swett, Graphic-Hall Baltimore, 1831" (b.c.).
Printmaker: Endicott and Swett
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Accession Number: 0144
Artist Name: Bry, Johann Theodore de (attr. to)
Life Span: (1561-1623)
Nationality: Germany
Gender: Male
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Title: Ornithogalum hispanicum. Hyacinthus neapolitanus. Flos cüculi ...
Taxon:
Lychnis flos-cuculi Linnaeus, Caryophyllaceae; Ornithogalum arabicum Linnaeus, Liliaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 20
Image Size: 32 x 20
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Accession Number: 0151
Artist Name: Bry, Johann Theodore de (attr. to)
Life Span: (1561-1623)
Nationality: Germany
Gender: Male
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Title:
Taxon:
Tulipa gesneriana Linnaeus, Liliaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 20
Image Size: 32.8 x 20.2 mat opening
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Notes: Exhibited in Books Drawings Prints from the Botanical Collection of Mrs. Roy Arthur Hunt, University of Virginia, 25 April–10 June 1952, hosted by the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
HIBD Exhibitions: Alphabetum Botanicum (2018)
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Accession Number: 0159
Artist Name: Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste
Life Span: (1636-1699)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Description: Flowers in basket
Medium: engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 42
Image Size: 29 x 38
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Accession Number: 0160
Artist Name: Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste
Life Span: (1636-1699)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Description: flowers in basket
Medium: engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32.5 x 42
Image Size: 29 x 38
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Accession Number: 0161
Artist Name: De Sève, Jacques Eustache
Life Span: (fl. 1750–1800)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Title: Couronne impériale
Taxon:
Fritillaria Linnaeus, Liliaceae
Description: fritillaria
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 45.5 x 30
Image Size: 38 x 23.5
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Published: De Sève, J. E. After 1772. Recueil de Vingt Quatre Plantes et Fleurs, d’Après les Dëssins de Mr. Sève. Paris: the author. Pl. 19.
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Notes: Same (but slightly smaller and reversed) image titled ''Fritillaria imperialis L., La Couronne imperiale'' in Pierre Joseph Buc'hoz, Les dons merveilleux et diversement coloriés de la nature dans le regne vegetal. Paris, by the author, 1779-1783. Pl. 68.
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HIBD Publications: Botanical Books, Prints and Drawings from the Collection of Mrs. Roy Arthur Hunt, (Pittsburgh: Dept. Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, 1952, pl. 26).
Accession Number: 0162
Artist Name: Sowerby, Ellen
Life Span: (ca. 1810-1863)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Title:
Taxon:
Echeveria A. P. de Candolle, Crassulaceae
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Medium: watercolor, pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 33.5 x 26
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Published: ''1247'' (t.r.).
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Notes: See ''Echeveria gibbiflora, Gobbous-flowered Echeveria'' by M. Hart in Edward's Bot. Reg. 15: 1829. Pl. 1247.
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Accession Number: 0165
Artist Name: Merian, Maria Sibylla
Life Span: (1647-1717)
Nationality: Germany
Gender: Female
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Title: Banane
Taxon:
Musa paradisiaca Linnaeus, Musaceae
Description:
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 48.3 x 32.8
Image Size: 38.9 x 28.8
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Published: Merian, M. S. 1719. Dissertation sur la Generation et les transformations des Insectes de Surinam. Amsterdam: Jo. Oosterwyk. Pl. 12.
Printmaker: Sluyter, P.
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HIBD Exhibitions: Botany and History Entwined: Rachel Hunt's Legacy (2011)
HIBD Publications: Tannin, 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.
Accession Number: 0166
Artist Name: Merian, Maria Sibylla
Life Span: (1647-1717)
Nationality: Germany
Gender: Female
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Title: Grenadier
Taxon:
Punica Linnaeus, Punicaceae
Description:
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 49.5 x 32.5
Image Size: 34.5 x 25.5
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Published: Merian, M. S. 1719. Dissertation sur la Generation et les Transformations des Insectes de Surinam. Amsterdam: Jo. Oosterwyk. Pl. 48.
Printmaker: Mulder, J.
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Accession Number: 0167
Artist Name: Merian, Maria Sibylla
Life Span: (1647-1717)
Nationality: Germany
Gender: Female
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Title: Baccores
Taxon:
Musa paradisiaca Linnaeus, Musaceae
Description: with insects
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 50 x 33
Image Size: 32.5 x 25
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Published: Merian, M. S. 1719. Dissertation sur la Generation et les Transformations des Insectes de Surinam. Amsterdam: Jo. Oosterwyk. Pl. 23.
Printmaker: Sluyter, P.
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Accession Number: 0168
Artist Name: Merian, Maria Sibylla
Life Span: (1647-1717)
Nationality: Germany
Gender: Female
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Title:
Taxon:
Bixa Linnaeus, Bixaceae
Description:
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 52 x 36
Image Size: 30 x 24.5
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Published: Merian, M. S. 1719. Dissertation sur la Generation et les Transformations des Insectes de Surinam. Amsterdam: Jo. Oosterwyk. Pl. 44.
Printmaker: Sluyter, P.
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Accession Number: 0169
Artist Name: Merian, Maria Sibylla
Life Span: (1647-1717)
Nationality: Germany
Gender: Female
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Title:
Taxon:
Apocynaceae ?; Loganiaceae ?; Myrtaceae ?
Description:
Medium: engraving, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 52 x 35.5
Image Size: 34 x 26
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Published: Merian, M. S. 1719. Dissertation sur la Generation et les Transformations des Insectes de Surinam. Amsterdam: Jo. Oosterwyk. Pl. 48.
Printmaker: Mulder, J.
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