Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute

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Accession Number: 5195.020
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus villosus''
Taxon:

Agaricus Linnaeus, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 32 x 35
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Notes: See pl. 42 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.021
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus melleus''
Taxon:

Armillariella (P. A. Karsten) P. A. Karsten, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Notes: See pl. 141 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.022
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus ramoso-radicatus''
Taxon:

Agaricus Linnaeus, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Notes: See pl. 148 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.023
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus pompatus''
Taxon:

Agaricus Linnaeus, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Notes: See pl. 5 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.024
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus elasticus''
Taxon:

Agaricus Linnaeus, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Notes: See pl. 16 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.025
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus violaceus''
Taxon:

Cortinarius violaceus (Linnaeus) Gray, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Notes: See pl. 52 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.026
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus violaceus var.''
Taxon:

Agaricus Linnaeus, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 32 x 35
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Notes: 2 volume work with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.027
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus ciliaris''
Taxon:

Coprinus (Persoon ex E. M. Fries) S. F. Gray, Panaeolus (E. M. Fries) Quélet, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Medium: watercolor, pencil, ink
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Dimensions (cm): 32 x 35
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Notes: See pl. 53 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.028
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus ciliaris var.''
Taxon:

Panaeolus (E. M. Fries) Quélet, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 32 x 35
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Signature: JB (b.l.)
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Notes: 2 volume work with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.029
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus ciliaris var.''
Taxon:

Panaeolus (E. M. Fries) Quélet, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Signature: J. B. (b.l.)
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Notes: 2 volume work with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.030
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus domesticus''
Taxon:

Agaricus Linnaeus, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Notes: See pl. 26 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.031
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus fascicularis''
Taxon:

Naematoloma fasciculare (Hudson) P. Karsten, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Notes: See pl. 29 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.032
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus fascicularis''
Taxon:

Agaricus Linnaeus, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 35
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Date of Execution: 1763
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Signature: JB (b.l.)
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Notes: 2 volume work with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.033
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus atro-rufus''
Taxon:

Agaricus Linnaeus, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Notes: See pl. 51 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.034
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus croceus''
Taxon:

Agaricus Linnaeus, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 32 x 35
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Notes: See pl. 51 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.035
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus croceus, A. atro-rufus''
Taxon:

Agaricus Linnaeus, Fungi, Agaricaceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor, pencil, ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 35
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Notes: 2 volume work with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.036
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus cristatus''
Taxon:

Agaricus Linnaeus, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Notes: See pl. 7 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.037
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus luteus''
Taxon:

Agaricus Linnaeus, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Notes: See pl. 50 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.038
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus clypiatus var.''
Taxon:

Agaricus Linnaeus, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 35
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Date of Execution: 1764
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Signature: JB (b.l.)
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Notes: See pl. 57 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.039
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus fuscopalidus''
Taxon:

Agaricus Linnaeus, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 32 x 35
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Notes: See pl. 136 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.040
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus politus''
Taxon:

Agaricus Linnaeus, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 32 x 35
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Notes: See pl. 30 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page,“The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.041
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus durus''
Taxon:

Agaricus Linnaeus, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Notes: See pl. 67 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.042
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus confertis''
Taxon:

Agaricus Linnaeus, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 32 x 35
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Signature: J. Bolton (b.r.)
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Notes: See pl. 18 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.043
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus peronatus''
Taxon:

Agaricus Linnaeus, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Notes: See pl. 58 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5195.044
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Agaricus fimetarius''
Taxon:

Coprinus comatus (O. F. Müller) Persoon, Fungi, Agaricaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 32 x 35
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Notes: See pl. 44 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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