Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 4663.07
Artist Name: Descombes, Roger
Life Span: (1915-1979)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Godetia amoena''
Taxon:
Godetia amoena G. Don, Onagraceae
Description:
Medium: etching
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 51.5 x 32.5
Image Size: 25 x 15
Edition: artist's proof 4/5
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Signature: Roger Descombes (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Roger Descombes
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Accession Number: 4663.08
Artist Name: Descombes, Roger
Life Span: (1915-1979)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Marguerite du cap''
Taxon:
Asteraceae alt. Compositae
Description:
Medium: etching
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 51.5 x 31
Image Size: 34 x 11
Edition: artist's proof 4/5
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Signature: Roger Descombes (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Roger Descombes
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Accession Number: 4663.09
Artist Name: Descombes, Roger
Life Span: (1915-1979)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Ecballium elaterium''
Taxon:
Ecballium elaterium (Linnaeus) A. Richard, Cucurbitaceae
Description:
Medium: etching
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 52 x 31.5
Image Size: 27.5 x 16.5
Edition: artist's proof 4/5
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Signature: Roger Descombes (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Roger Descombes
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Accession Number: 4663.10
Artist Name: Descombes, Roger
Life Span: (1915-1979)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Title:
Taxon:
Orchidaceae
Description:
Medium: etching
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 52 x 32.5
Image Size: 15 x 25
Edition: artist's proof 4/5
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Signature: Roger Descombes (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Roger Descombes
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Accession Number: 4663.11
Artist Name: Descombes, Roger
Life Span: (1915-1979)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Title:
Taxon:
Orchidaceae
Description:
Medium: etching
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 52 x 33
Image Size: 16.5 x 27.5
Edition: artist's proof 4/5
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Roger Descombes (b.r.)
Published:
Printmaker: Roger Descombes
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: ?? 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 4663.12
Artist Name: Descombes, Roger
Life Span: (1915-1979)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Cattleya mossiae''
Taxon:
Cattleya Lindley, Orchidaceae
Description:
Medium: etching
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 52 x 33
Image Size: 16.5 x 27
Edition: artist's proof 4/5
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Place of Execution:
Signature: Roger Descombes (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Roger Descombes
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Accession Number: 4663.13
Artist Name: Descombes, Roger
Life Span: (1915-1979)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Phlaenopsis [sic] manii''
Taxon:
Phalaenopsis mannii Reichenbach f., Orchidaceae
Description:
Medium: etching
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 51.5 x 32.5
Image Size: 10 x 20
Edition: artist's proof 4/5
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Place of Execution:
Signature: Roger Descombes (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Roger Descombes
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Accession Number: 4663.14
Artist Name: Descombes, Roger
Life Span: (1915-1979)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Helleborus purpurascens''
Taxon:
Helleborus purpurascens Waldstein and Kitaibel, Ranunculaceae
Description:
Medium: etching
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 52 x 32
Image Size: 25 x 15
Edition: artist's proof 4/5
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Roger Descombes (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Roger Descombes
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Accession Number: 4663.15
Artist Name: Descombes, Roger
Life Span: (1915-1979)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Galanthus byzantinus''
Taxon:
Galanthus byzantinus Baker, Amaryllidaceae
Description:
Medium: etching
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 51.5 x 32
Image Size: 25 x 15
Edition: artist's proof 4/5
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Roger Descombes (b.r.)
Published:
Printmaker: Roger Descombes
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Accession Number: 4663.16
Artist Name: Descombes, Roger
Life Span: (1915-1979)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Viburnum fragrans''
Taxon:
Viburnum Linnaeus, Caprifoliaceae
Description:
Medium: etching
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 52 x 32.5
Image Size: 25 x 12
Edition: artist's proof 4/5
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Roger Descombes (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Roger Descombes
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Accession Number: 4663.17
Artist Name: Descombes, Roger
Life Span: (1915-1979)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Magnollia [sic] stellata''
Taxon:
Magnolia stellata (Siebold & Zuccarini) Maximowicz, Magnoliaceae
Description:
Medium: etching
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 51.5 x 33
Image Size: 25 x 12
Edition: artist's proof 4/5
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Roger Descombes (b.r.)
Published:
Printmaker: Roger Descombes
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Accession Number: 4663.18
Artist Name: Descombes, Roger
Life Span: (1915-1979)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Fritillaria meleagris''
Taxon:
Fritillaria meleagris Linnaeus, Liliaceae
Description:
Medium: etching
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 51.5 x 31.5
Image Size: 30.5 x 12
Edition: artist's proof 4/5
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Roger Descombes (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Roger Descombes
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Accession Number: 4663.19
Artist Name: Descombes, Roger
Life Span: (1915-1979)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Title:
Taxon:
Nepenthaceae
Description:
Medium: etching
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 52 x 32.5
Image Size: 46.5 x 17
Edition: artist's proof 4/5
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Roger Descombes (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Roger Descombes
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Accession Number: 4663.20
Artist Name: Descombes, Roger
Life Span: (1915-1979)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Title:
Taxon:
Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Description:
Medium: etching
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 52 x 32
Image Size: 25 x 15
Edition: artist's proof 4/5
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Roger Descombes (b.r.)
Published:
Printmaker: Roger Descombes
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Accession Number: 4663.21
Artist Name: Descombes, Roger
Life Span: (1915-1979)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Orchidee ciseau''
Taxon:
Orchidaceae
Description:
Medium: etching
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 51 x 31
Image Size: 34 x 11
Edition: artist's proof 4/5
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Roger Descombes (b.r.)
Published:
Printmaker: Roger Descombes
Notes:
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Accession Number: 4663.22
Artist Name: Descombes, Roger
Life Span: (1915-1979)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Eglantine spachium?''
Taxon:
Rosa Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: etching
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 51.5 x 31.5
Image Size: 25 x 15
Edition: artist's proof 4/5
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Roger Descombes (b.r.)
Published:
Printmaker: Roger Descombes
Notes:
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Accession Number: 4663.23
Artist Name: Descombes, Roger
Life Span: (1915-1979)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Rose zambra''
Taxon:
Rosa Linnaeus, Rosaceae
Description:
Medium: etching
Support: japanese paper
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Image Size:
Edition: artist's proof 4/5
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Roger Descombes (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Roger Descombes
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Accession Number: 4663.24
Artist Name: Descombes, Roger
Life Span: (1915-1979)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Male
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Credit:
Title: ''Orch sp odontoglossum''
Taxon:
Odontoglossum Kunth, Orchidaceae
Description:
Medium: etching
Support: japanese paper
Dimensions (cm): 52 x 32.5
Image Size: 16.5 x 27.5
Edition: artist's proof 4/5
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Roger Descombes (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Roger Descombes
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Accession Number: 4664
Artist Name: Chen Chien-chu
Life Span: (1927-)
Nationality: Taiwan
Gender: Male
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Credit:
Title: ''Abies kawakamii (Hay.) Ito''
Taxon:
Abies kawakamii (Hayata) T. Itô, Pinaceae
Description:
Medium: gouache
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 23
Image Size: 28 x 19.5
Edition:
Date of Execution: 1970
Place of Execution:
Signature: C. Chen (c.)
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Accession Number: 4665
Artist Name: Chen Chien-chu
Life Span: (1927-)
Nationality: Taiwan
Gender: Male
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Credit:
Title: ''Balanophora lexiflora''
Taxon:
Balanophora J. R. Forster and J. G. A. Forster, Balanophoraceae
Description:
Medium: gouache
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 19.5
Image Size: 23 x 14
Edition:
Date of Execution: 1970
Place of Execution:
Signature: C. Chen (b.r.)
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Printmaker:
Notes:
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: 4666
Artist Name: Chen Chien-chu
Life Span: (1927-)
Nationality: Taiwan
Gender: Male
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Credit:
Title: ''Hibiscus syriacus L.''
Taxon:
Hibiscus syriacus Linnaeus, Malvaceae
Description:
Medium: gouache
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 31x 22
Image Size: 25 x 14.5
Edition:
Date of Execution: 1970
Place of Execution:
Signature: C. Chen (b.c.)
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes:
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. 25.
Accession Number: 4667
Artist Name: Chen Chien-chu
Life Span: (1927-)
Nationality: Taiwan
Gender: Male
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Credit:
Title: ''Taiwania cryptomerioides Hay.''
Taxon:
Taiwania cryptomerioides Hayata, Taxodiaceae
Description:
Medium: gouache
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 22
Image Size: 27 x 19
Edition:
Date of Execution: 1971
Place of Execution:
Signature: C. Chen (t.r.)
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Printmaker:
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Accession Number: 4668
Artist Name: Chen Chien-chu
Life Span: (1927-)
Nationality: Taiwan
Gender: Male
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Credit:
Title: ''Gordonia axillaris (Roxb.) Dietr.''
Taxon:
Gordonia axillaris (Roxburgh ex Ker Gawler) Endlicher, Theaceae
Description:
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 20.5
Image Size: 23.5 x 17.5
Edition:
Date of Execution: 1970
Place of Execution:
Signature: C. Chen (b.c.)
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Printmaker:
Notes:
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. 25.
Accession Number: 4669
Artist Name: Morris, Dennis Ivor
Life Span: (1924-2005)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Copyright: University of Tasmania
Credit:
Title:
Taxon:
Carduus Linnaeus, Asteraceae alt. Compositae
Description:
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 25 x 36.5
Image Size: 20.5 x 30.5
Edition:
Date of Execution: 1969
Place of Execution:
Signature: D. I. M. (b.r.)
Published: Tasmanian J. Agric. Jan. 1970?
Printmaker:
Notes:
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. 117.
Accession Number: 4670
Artist Name: Morris, Dennis Ivor
Life Span: (1924-2005)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Copyright: University of Tasmania
Credit:
Title:
Taxon:
Pennisetum L. C. Richard, Poaceae alt. Gramineae
Description:
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 25.5
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Morris (b.l.)
Published: Tasmanian J. Agric. Nov. 1970?
Printmaker:
Notes:
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. 117.
