Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 4458
Artist Name: Poluzzi, Carlo
Life Span: (1899-1978)
Nationality: Italy and Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Title: "Rhodophyllus madidus (Fries) Quélet"
Taxon:
Rhodophyllus (Gillet) Quélet, Fungi, Agaricaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 17.5
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Signature: Ch. Poluzzi (b.r.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A, comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 4459
Artist Name: Halliday, Patricia
Life Span: (1930-2019)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Cadia purpurea''
Taxon:
Cadia purpurea (G. Piccioli) Aiton, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Description:
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 25
Image Size: 26.5 x 19
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Signature: P. H. (b.c.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A., comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 4460
Artist Name: Halliday, Patricia
Life Span: (1930-2019)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Title: ''[cut off]ctions of Eriocaulon flowers (West African species)''
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Eriocaulon irregulare Meikle, E. plumale subsp. aegeri (Moldenke) Meikle, E. plumale subsp. kindiae (Lecomte) Meikle, E. pulchellum Körnicke, E. remotum Lecomte, E. sessile Meikle, Eriocaulaceae
Description: flowers, dissections
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 21
Image Size: 26.5 x 17
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Signature: P H (b.c.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A., comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 4460a
Artist Name: Halliday, Patricia
Life Span: (1930-2019)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Grapple iron and rope''
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Description: cartoon of aquatic plant collector
Medium: watercolor, ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 20 x 26.5
Image Size: 20 x 26.5
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Accession Number: 4460b
Artist Name: Halliday, Patricia
Life Span: (1930-2019)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Tree pruner''
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Description: cartoon of plant collectors, with tree-pruning giraffe
Medium: watercolor, ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 20 x 26.5
Image Size: 20 x 26.5
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Accession Number: 4461
Artist Name: Sowerby, James
Life Span: (1757-1822)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Taxon:
Rhoeo Hance, Commelinaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 43 x 27.5
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Signature: J. Sowerby (b.l.)
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Notes: Possibly sketch for pl. 10 titled ''Tradescantia discolor'' in James E. Smith, Icones pictae plantarum rariorum ... London, 1790-1793.
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Accession Number: 4462
Artist Name: Gavriloff, Alejandro
Life Span: (1914-1993)
Nationality: Estonia and Argentina
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Estrella federal''
Taxon:
Euphorbia Linnaeus, Euphorbiaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 40.5 x 30
Image Size: 32 x 27
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Date of Execution: 1969
Place of Execution: Tucumán
Signature: Alejandro Gavriloff (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 4463
Artist Name: Gavriloff, Alejandro
Life Span: (1914-1993)
Nationality: Estonia and Argentina
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Corona del Señor''
Taxon:
Euphorbia splendens Bojer ex Hooker, Euphorbiaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 41 x 30.5
Image Size: 26 x 16
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Date of Execution: 1969
Place of Execution: Tucumán
Signature: Alejandro Gavriloff (b.r.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1972; Dangerous Beauty: Thorns, Spines and Prickles, 2014
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A, comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 4464
Artist Name: Gavriloff, Alejandro
Life Span: (1914-1993)
Nationality: Estonia and Argentina
Gender: Male
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Taxon:
Canna Linnaeus, Cannaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 47 x 36.5
Image Size: 31.5 x 21
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Date of Execution: 1970
Place of Execution: Tucumán
Signature: Alejandro Gavriloff (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 4465
Artist Name: Gavriloff, Alejandro
Life Span: (1914-1993)
Nationality: Estonia and Argentina
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Lantana camara''
Taxon:
Lantana camara Linnaeus, Verbenaceae
Description:
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 47.5 x 36.5
Image Size: 29.5 x 17.5
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Date of Execution: 1970
Place of Execution: Tucumán
Signature: Alejandro Gavriloff (b.r.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A, comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 4466
Artist Name: Veiss, Maria Elizabeth
Life Span: (1917-)
Nationality: Brazil
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Caesalpinia ferrea''
Taxon:
Caesalpinia ferrea Martius ex Tulasne, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
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Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 33 x 25
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Signature: Maria Elizabeth Veiss (c.l.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A, comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 4467
Artist Name: Veiss, Maria Elizabeth
Life Span: (1917-)
Nationality: Brazil
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Tecoma chrysotricha''
Taxon:
Tecoma chrysotricha Martius ex de Candolle, Bignoniaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 39.5 x 29.5
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Date of Execution: 1970
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Signature: Maria Elizabeth Veiss (b.r.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A, comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 4468
Artist Name: Nehring, Harald
Life Span: (1929-)
Nationality: Germany
Gender: Male
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Taxon:
Maranta Linnaeus, Marantaceae
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Medium: drypoint
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 32
Image Size: 9.5 x 9.5
Edition: 8
Date of Execution: 1970
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Signature: Harald Nehring (b.r.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A., comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 4469
Artist Name: Vasiliev, Nikolai
Life Span: (1901-?)
Nationality: Russia
Gender: Male
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Copyright: Rights may be held by the author Eric Hultén?
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Taxon:
Veronica Linnaeus, Scrophulariaceae
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Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 24 x 15.5
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Date of Execution: 1968
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Signature: N. Vasiliev (b.r.)
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Notes: This was prepared for [Eric] Hultén's Flora of Alaska [and Yukon] where it is reduced to ca. 1/4 present size. (Accompanying note).
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Accession Number: 4470
Artist Name: Brown, Melvin Leslie
Life Span: (1918-2007)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Acer negundo''
Taxon:
Acer negundo Linnaeus, Aceraceae
Description: leaves, details
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 28
Image Size: 36.5 x 25
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Signature: M. L. B. (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 4471
Artist Name: Brown, Melvin Leslie
Life Span: (1918-2007)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Liquidambar styraciflua''
Taxon:
Liquidambar styraciflua Linnaeus, Hamamelidaceae
Description: flowering, fruiting branch, details
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 28
Image Size: 30 x 25.5
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Signature: M. L. B. (b.r.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1972
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A, comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 19.
Accession Number: 4472
Artist Name: Brown, Melvin Leslie
Life Span: (1918-2007)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Platanus occidentalis''
Taxon:
Platanus occidentalis Linnaeus, Platanaceae
Description: leaves, details
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 28
Image Size: 36 x 25.5
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Accession Number: 4473
Artist Name: Brown, Melvin Leslie
Life Span: (1918-2007)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Forsythia, F. suspensa, F. viridissima, Vitis vulpina, Catalpa speciosa, C. bignonioides''
Taxon:
Catalpa speciosa Teas, C. bignonioides Walter, Bignoniaceae; Forsythia suspensa Vahl, F. viridissima Lindley, Oleaceae; Vitis vulpina Linnaeus, Vitaceae
Description: stem and bud details
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 26.5
Image Size: 28.5 x 25
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Signature: M. L. B. (b.r.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1972
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A, comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 19.
Accession Number: 4474
Artist Name: Gerrard, Marguerite Primrose (Mrs. James H.)
Life Span: (1922-1993)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Taxon:
Allamanda Linnaeus, Apocynaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35.5 x 25.5
Image Size: 31 x 21.5
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Signature: PTBG (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 4475
Artist Name: Gerrard, Marguerite Primrose (Mrs. James H.)
Life Span: (1922-1993)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Dumb Cane''
Taxon:
Dieffenbachia H. W. Schott, Araceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 25
Image Size: 32 x 21.5
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Date of Execution: 1951
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Signature: Tyndale-Biscoe Gerrard (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 4476
Artist Name: Gerrard, Marguerite Primrose (Mrs. James H.)
Life Span: (1922-1993)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Taxon:
Achras Linnaeus, Sapotaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35.5 x 25.5
Image Size: 28 x 23.5
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Accession Number: 4477
Artist Name: Gerrard, Marguerite Primrose (Mrs. James H.)
Life Span: (1922-1993)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Taxon:
Malus P. Miller, Rosaceae
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Medium: tempera
Support: black board
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 22.5
Image Size: 25 x 16
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Signature: Primrose Gerrard (b.l.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A, comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 4478
Artist Name: Gerrard, Marguerite Primrose (Mrs. James H.)
Life Span: (1922-1993)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Taxon:
Prunus Linnaeus, Rosaceae
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Medium: tempera
Support: black board
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 22.5
Image Size: 23.5 x 17.5
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Signature: Primrose Gerrard (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 4479
Artist Name: Gerrard, Marguerite Primrose (Mrs. James H.)
Life Span: (1922-1993)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Taxon:
Cornus Linnaeus, Cornaceae
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Medium: tempera
Support: gray board
Dimensions (cm): 40 x 28
Image Size: 31 x 21
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Signature: Primrose Gerrard (b.l.)
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Accession Number: 4480
Artist Name: Gerrard, Marguerite Primrose (Mrs. James H.)
Life Span: (1922-1993)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Taxon:
Cornus Linnaeus, Cornaceae
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Medium: tempera
Support: gray board
Dimensions (cm): 40.5 x 28
Image Size: 32.5 x 21
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