Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 5559
Artist Name: Mahnke, Heinz Kurt Georg
Life Span: (1903-?)
Nationality: Germany
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Besuchen Sie Den Botanischen Garten''
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Description: poster
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 59.5 x 42
Image Size: 59.5 x 42
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Accession Number: 5560
Artist Name: Spohn, Marvin Edward
Life Span: (1934-1976)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Thank you, Don Francisco de Paula Marin''
Taxon: Bromeliaceae
Description: Pineapples
Medium: etching
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 56 x 75.5
Image Size: 30 x 63
Edition: 10/50
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Signature: Marvin Spohn (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Marvin Spohn
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HIBD Exhibitions: 5 West Coast Printmakers, 1975
HIBD Publications: Hunt Institute. 1975. Five West Coast Printmakers. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 5561
Artist Name: Spohn, Marvin Edward
Life Span: (1934-1976)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Dandelion''
Taxon:
Taraxacum F. H. Wiggers, Asteraceae alt. Compositae
Description:
Medium: etching, color
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 28.5
Image Size: 16 x 13
Edition: 2/50
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Signature: Marvin Spohn (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Marvin Spohn
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Accession Number: 5562
Artist Name: Spohn, Marvin Edward
Life Span: (1934-1976)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Passion''
Taxon:
Passiflora Linnaeus, Passifloraceae
Description:
Medium: etching, color
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 28 x 19
Image Size: 7.5 x 7.5
Edition: 5/50
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Signature: Marvin Spohn (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Marvin Spohn
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Accession Number: 5563
Artist Name: Spohn, Marvin Edward
Life Span: (1934-1976)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Bombax two''
Taxon:
Bombax Linnaeus, Bombacaceae
Description:
Medium: etching, color
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 48 x 56.5
Image Size: 24.5 x 30
Edition: 11/50
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Signature: Marvin Spohn (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Marvin Spohn
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HIBD Exhibitions: 5 West Coast Printmakers, 1975
HIBD Publications: Hunt Institute. 1975. Five West Coast Printmakers. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 5564
Artist Name: Spohn, Marvin Edward
Life Span: (1934-1976)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Screwpine''
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Description: Screwpine
Medium: etching, watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 76 x 56.5
Image Size: 45.5 x 30
Edition: 10/50
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Signature: Marvin Spohn (b.c.)
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Printmaker: Marvin Spohn
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Accession Number: 5565
Artist Name: Shull, James Marion
Life Span: (1872-1948)
Nationality: 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 [once 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.
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Cypripedium Linnaeus, Orchidaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 17.5
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Signature: Shull (b.r.)
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Notes: Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 5566
Artist Name: Eaton, Mary Emily
Life Span: (1873-1961)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Copyright: To publish this image, please contact the Hunt Institute Art Department.
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Title: ''Sassafras sassafras (L.) Karst., Sassafras or aqui-tree''
Taxon:
Sassafras J. S. Presl, Lauraceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 25.5 x 17
Image Size: 22.5 x 12
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Date of Execution: 1925
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Signature: Mary E. Eaton (b.r.)
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Notes: A work by this artist, not in the Hunt Institute collection, was included in the 9th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1998.
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Accession Number: 5567
Artist Name: Lansdell, Kathleen Annie
Life Span: (1888-1967)
Nationality: South Africa
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Rights held by the Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria?
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Title: ''Pseudogaltonea [sic] growing in garden''
Taxon:
Pseudogaltonia (O. Kuntze) Engler, Liliaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: illustration board
Dimensions (cm): 25 x 17.5
Image Size: 20.5 x 14
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Signature: K. A. Lansdell (b.l.)
Published: see notes field
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Notes: ''Plate duplicated / See Vol 15 Plate 580'' (on overlay).
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Accession Number: 5568
Artist Name: Lansdell, Kathleen Annie
Life Span: (1888-1967)
Nationality: South Africa
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Rights held by the Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria?
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Title: ''Lapeyrousia sandersoni''
Taxon:
Lapeirousia Pourret, Iridaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 24.5 x 17
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Signature: K. A. Lansdell (b.c.)
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Accession Number: 5573
Artist Name: Megaw, Elene Elektra (Mrs. H. S. Arthur) (neé Mangoletsi)
Life Span: (1907-1993)
Nationality: Greece
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Rights held by the estate of the artist
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Title: ''Tulipa saxatilis''
Taxon:
Tulipa saxatilis Sieber ex Sprengel, Liliaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: illustration board
Dimensions (cm): 55 x 35.5
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Signature: Elektra Megaw (b.l.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1968)
HIBD Publications: Lawrence, G. H. M., comp. 1968. Catalogue [of the] 2nd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library. P. 171.
Accession Number: 5574
Artist Name: Dalve, Elisabeth King (Mrs. Johannes A.)
Life Span: (1906-1981)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Arisaema tosaense''
Taxon:
Arisaema tosaense Makino, Araceae
Description:
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 26.5
Image Size: 30 x 24.5
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Signature: E. Dalve (b.r.)
Published: Sears, P. B., M. R. Becker, F. J. Poetker. 1971. Wild Wealth. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc.. P. 126.
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Notes: Materials related to publication held in Hunt Institute Archives
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. 33.
Accession Number: 5575
Artist Name: Cowan, Richard Summer
Life Span: (1921-1997)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: Rights held by the New York Botanic Garden
Credit:
Title: ''Raveniopsis''
Taxon:
Raveniopsis abyssicola R. S. Cowan, R. fraterna R. S. Cowan, R. linearis (Gleason) R. S. Cowan, R. nubicola R. S. Cowan, R. paruana (R. S. Cowan) R. S. Cowan, R. peduncularis Pittier and Lasser, R. sericea R. S. Cowan, Rutaceae
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Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 36.5 x 27.5
Image Size: 35.5 x 25.5
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Signature: RSC (b.r.)
Published: Maguire, B. and collaborators.1960 [Apr.]. Rutaceae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10(2): 26. [Figs. 11-17.]
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Accession Number: 5576
Artist Name: Cowan, Richard Summer
Life Span: (1921-1997)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: Rights held by the New York Botanic Garden
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Title: ''Myllanthus''
Taxon:
Myllanthus R. S. Cowan, Rutaceae
Description:
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 36 x 28.5
Image Size: 35.5 x 24.5
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Signature: RSC (b.r.)
Published: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10(2): 1960 [Apr.].
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Accession Number: 5577
Artist Name: Cowan, Richard Summer
Life Span: (1921-1997)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: Rights held by the New York Botanic Garden
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Title: ''Raveniopsis''
Taxon:
Raveniopsis ruellioides (Oliver) R. S. Cowan, R. stelligera (R. S. Cowan) R. S. Cowan, R. tomentosa Gleason, R. trifoliolata R. S. Cowan, Rutaceae
Description:
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 37.5 x 27.5
Image Size: 35.5 x 25.5
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Signature: RSC (b.r.)
Published: Maguire, B. and collaborators.1960 [Apr.]. Rutaceae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10(2): 28. Figs. 18-21.
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Accession Number: 5578
Artist Name: Cowan, Richard Summer
Life Span: (1921-1997)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Copyright: Rights held by the New York Botanic Garden
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Title: ''Macrolobium''
Taxon:
Macrolobium acrothamnos R. S. Cowan, M. cataractarum R. S. Cowan, M. evenulosum R. S. Cowan, M. spectabile R. S. Cowan, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Description:
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 36.5 x 29
Image Size: 35.5 x 25.5
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Signature: RSC (b.r.)
Published: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10(4): 81. 1961 [Mar.].
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Accession Number: 5579
Artist Name: Cowan, Richard Summer
Life Span: (1921-1997)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Fagara rhiofolia''
Taxon:
Fagara rhoifolia Engler, Rutaceae
Description:
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 29
Image Size: 31 x 21
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Signature: RSC (b.r.)
Published: Cowan, R. S. 1960 [15 May]. Rutaceae of Santa Catarina. Sellowia 12: 79–98. Following p. 97. [Fig. 1]
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Accession Number: 5580
Artist Name: Geary, Ida B.
Life Span: (1912–2008)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Rights held by the estate of the artist
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Title: ''Box-elder (Acer negundo)''
Taxon:
Acer negundo Linnaeus, Aceraceae
Description: leaves
Medium: nature print
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 15.5 x 10
Image Size: 15.5 x 10
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Date of Execution: 1972
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Signature: Ida Geary (b.r.)
Published: ''[illegible], 1972'' (rev.).
Printmaker: Ida Geary
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Accession Number: 5581
Artist Name: Geary, Ida B.
Life Span: (1912–2008)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Silver maple (Acer saccharinum)''
Taxon:
Acer saccharine Linnaeus, Aceraceae
Description:
Medium: nature print
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 18.5 x 15
Image Size: 18.5 x 15
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Signature: Ida Geary (b.r.)
Published: see notes field
Printmaker: Ida Geary
Notes: ''CHJ 1/71'' (rev.).
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Accession Number: 5582
Artist Name: Geary, Ida B.
Life Span: (1912–2008)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Pin oak (Quercus palustris)''
Taxon:
Quercus palustris Münchhausen, Fagaceae
Description:
Medium: nature print
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 19.5 x 14.5
Image Size: 19.5 x 14.5
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Signature: Ida Geary (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Ida Geary
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Accession Number: 5583
Artist Name: Geary, Ida B.
Life Span: (1912–2008)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Liquidambar styraciflua''
Taxon:
Liquidambar styraciflua Linnaeus, Hamamelidaceae
Description:
Medium: nature print
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 14 x 22
Image Size: 14 x 22
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Signature: Ida Geary (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 5584
Artist Name: Geary, Ida B.
Life Span: (1912–2008)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Coffee fern (Pellaea andromedaefolia)''
Taxon:
Pellaea andromedifolia (Kaulfuss) Fée, Pteridophyta, Pteridaceae
Description:
Medium: nature print
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 18 x 9.5
Image Size: 18 x 9.5
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Signature: Ida Geary (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Ida Geary
Notes: ''Marin trails 1969'' (rev.) refers to: Geary, I. 1970. Marin Trails. Fairfax, Calif.: The Tamal Land Press. P. 88, but that nature print varies slightly from this one reproduced in Geary, I. 1969. The redwood forest as seen in plant prints. Audubon 71(4): 55.
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Accession Number: 5585
Artist Name: Geary, Ida B.
Life Span: (1912–2008)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Toad rush, Juncus bufonius''
Taxon:
Juncus bufonius Linnaeus, Juncaceae
Description:
Medium: nature print
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 13 x 11
Image Size: 13 x 11
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Signature: Ida Geary (b.r.)
Published: Geary, I. 1969. Marin Trails. Fairfax, Calif.: The Tamal Land Press. P. 94.
Printmaker: Ida Geary
Notes: ''The leaf book, 1972'' (rev.).
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Accession Number: 5586
Artist Name: Geary, Ida B.
Life Span: (1912–2008)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Catalpa''
Taxon:
Catalpa Scopoli, Bignoniaceae
Description:
Medium: nature print
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 14.5 x 14.5
Image Size: 14.5 x 14.5
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Signature: Ida Geary (b.r.)
Published: Geary, I. 1972. Nature-printing is alive and well in Marin County. Gard. J. New York Bot. Gard. 22(4): 98.
Printmaker: Ida Geary
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Accession Number: 5587
Artist Name: Geary, Ida B.
Life Span: (1912–2008)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Feather moss, Isothecium sp.''
Taxon:
Isothecium S. E. Bridel, Bryophyta, Lembophyllaceae
Description:
Medium: nature print
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 13.5 x 6
Image Size: 13.5 x 6
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Signature: Ida Geary (b.r.)
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Printmaker: Ida Geary
Notes: ''Audubon magazine, July 1969'' (rev.) refers to: Geary, I. 1969. The redwood forest as seen in plant prints. Audubon 71(4): 54. However, the reproduction of that nature print - in addition to being flopped and upside down - varies slightly from this one.
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