Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 6044.30
Artist Name: Lownes, Albert Edgar
Life Span: (1899-1978)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Orchidaceae
Description: flower
Medium: pencil
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Dimensions (cm): 28 x 21.5
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Accession Number: 6044.31
Artist Name: Lownes, Albert Edgar
Life Span: (1899-1978)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Orchidaceae
Description: floral details
Medium: pencil
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Accession Number: 6044.32
Artist Name: Lownes, Albert Edgar
Life Span: (1899-1978)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Orchidaceae
Description: flowers
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Accession Number: 6044.33
Artist Name: Lownes, Albert Edgar
Life Span: (1899-1978)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Orchidaceae
Description: floral details
Medium: pencil, ink
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Accession Number: 6044.34
Artist Name: Lownes, Albert Edgar
Life Span: (1899-1978)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Orchidaceae
Description: flower
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Accession Number: 6045.1
Artist Name: Lownes, Albert Edgar
Life Span: (1899-1978)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Triphora trianthophora (Sw.) Ryd., Orchidaceae
Taxon:
Triphora trianthophoros (Swartz) Rydberg, Orchidaceae
Description: Plant with flowers fully expanded; bud; immature capsule
Medium: watercolor and pencil
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 12.7 x 8
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Date of Execution: September 2, 1916
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Accession Number: 6045.2
Artist Name: Means, W. J.
Life Span: (fl.ca.1919)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Triphora trianthophora (Sw.) Ryd.
Taxon:
Triphora trianthophoros (Swartz) Rydberg, Orchidaceae
Description: A, Plant with one flower fully expanded, the other past its prime. B, Young plants as they first appear above ground. C, Typical root systems from flowering plants.
Medium: watercolor, ink
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Dimensions (cm): 25.3 x 19.4
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Date of Execution: August 3-4, 1919
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Accession Number: 6045.3
Artist Name: Ames, Blanche A. (Mrs. Oakes)
Life Span: (1878-1969)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Triphora trianthophora (Sw.) Rydb.''
Taxon:
Triphora trianthophoros (Swartz) Rydberg, Orchidaceae
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Medium: engraving, partly hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 24.5 x 17.5
Image Size: 18 x 12
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Published: Ames, O. 1922. Orchidaceae: Illustrations and Studies of the Family Orchidaceae. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fasc. 7. Pl. 102.
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Accession Number: 6045.4
Artist Name: Ames, Blanche A. (Mrs. Oakes)
Life Span: (1878-1969)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Triphora trianthophora (Sw.) Rydb.''
Taxon:
Triphora trianthophoros (Swartz) Rydberg, Orchidaceae
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Medium: engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 24.5 x 17.5
Image Size: 18 x 12
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Published: Ames, O. 1922. Orchidaceae: Illustrations and Studies of the Family Orchidaceae. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fasc. 7. Pl. 103.
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Accession Number: 6045.5
Artist Name: Lownes, Albert Edgar
Life Span: (1899-1978)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Triphora trianthophoros (Sw.) Ryd., Orchidaceae
Taxon:
Triphora trianthophoros (Swartz) Rydberg, Orchidaceae
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Medium: watercolor and ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 9 x 5.8
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Date of Execution: August 25, 1915
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Accession Number: 6046
Artist Name: Sheehan, Marion Ruff (Mrs. Thomas J.)
Life Span: (1923-1998)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Cassia alata''
Taxon:
Cassia alata Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
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Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 36.5 x 25.5
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Signature: R (b.l.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 4th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1977)
HIBD Publications: Secrest, S. W. and N. A. Howard, comp. 1977. Catalogue [of the] 4th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 108.
Accession Number: 6047
Artist Name: Sheehan, Marion Ruff (Mrs. Thomas J.)
Life Span: (1923-1998)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Magnolia grandiflora''
Taxon:
Magnolia grandiflora Linnaeus, Magnoliaceae
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Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 36.5 x 25.5
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HIBD Exhibitions: 4th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1977)
HIBD Publications: Secrest, S. W. and N. A. Howard, comp. 1977. Catalogue [of the] 4th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 108.
Accession Number: 6048
Artist Name: Sheehan, Marion Ruff (Mrs. Thomas J.)
Life Span: (1923-1998)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Plumeria rubra var. singapore''
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Plumeria Linnaeus, Apocynaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 20 x 24.5
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Accession Number: 6049
Artist Name: Sheehan, Marion Ruff (Mrs. Thomas J.)
Life Span: (1923-1998)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Hibiscus tiliaceous''
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Hibiscus tiliaceus Linnaeus, Malvaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 20 x 24
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Accession Number: 6050
Artist Name: Sheehan, Marion Ruff (Mrs. Thomas J.)
Life Span: (1923-1998)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Erythrina crista-galli''
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Erythrina crista-galli Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
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Dimensions (cm): 20 x 24
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Accession Number: 6051
Artist Name: Nicholson, Barbara Evelyn
Life Span: (1906-1978)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Oxford Press
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Rosa Linnaeus, Rosaceae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 24 x 17.5
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Signature: B.E.N. (b.c.)
Published: Nicholson, B. and E. B. Anderson. 1963 [and subsequent editions]. The Oxford Book of Garden Flowers. London: Oxford University Press. P. 187.
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Notes: ''Original painting for Oxford book of garden flowers p. 187'' (t.l.).
HIBD Exhibitions: 4th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1977)
HIBD Publications: Secrest, S. W. and N. A. Howard, comp. 1977. Catalogue [of the] 4th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 197.
Secrest, S. W. and N. A. Howard, comp. 1977. Catalogue [of the] 4th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 197.
Accession Number: 6052
Artist Name: Nicholson, Barbara Evelyn
Life Span: (1906-1978)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Copyright: Oxford Press
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Gerbera Linnaeus, Asteraceae alt. Compositae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 24 x 17.5
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Signature: B.E.N. (b.c.)
Published: Nicholson, B. and E. B. Anderson. 1963 [and subsequent editions]. The Oxford Book of Garden Flowers. London: Oxford University Press. P. 139.
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Notes: ''Original painting for Oxford book of garden flowers p. 139'' (t.l.).
HIBD Exhibitions: 4th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1977)
HIBD Publications: Secrest, S. W. and N. A. Howard, comp. 1977. Catalogue [of the] 4th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 197.
Accession Number: 6053
Artist Name: Nicholson, Barbara Evelyn
Life Span: (1906-1978)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Early flowers of Chalk Down-land''
Taxon:
Dicotyledoneae; Monocotyledoneae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 52 x 74.5
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HIBD Exhibitions: 4th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1977)
HIBD Publications: Secrest, S. W. and N. A. Howard, comp. 1977. Catalogue [of the] 4th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 197
Accession Number: 6056
Artist Name: Hotta, Mitsuru
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Nationality: Japan
Gender: Male
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Taxon:
Hemerocallis Linnaeus, Liliaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 69.5 x 32
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Accession Number: 6057
Artist Name: Bates, Lynda Tza
Life Span: (1947-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Lupinus Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 38 x 28.5
Image Size: 29 x 20
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Date of Execution: 1974
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Signature: L. Bates (b.l.)
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Accession Number: 6058
Artist Name: Wyss-Fischer, Verena
Life Span: (1942-)
Nationality: Switzerland
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Sambucus nigra, S. racemosa''
Taxon:
Sambucus nigra Linnaeus, S. racemosa Linnaeus, Caprifoliaceae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 58.5 x 39.5
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Signature: V. Wyss (b.l.)
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HIBD Publications: Secrest, S. W. and N. A. Howard, comp. 1977. Catalogue [of the] 4th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 131.
Accession Number: 6059
Artist Name: Fernando, Dorothy
Life Span: (1907-1981)
Nationality: Sri Lanka
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Cirrhopetalum grandiflorum Wight.''
Taxon:
Cirrhopetalum grandiflorum Wight, Orchidaceae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 35.5 x 25.5
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Date of Execution: 1970
Place of Execution: Corbet's Gap, Sri Lanka
Signature: D. F. (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 6060
Artist Name: Fernando, Dorothy
Life Span: (1907-1981)
Nationality: Sri Lanka
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Ipsea speciosa Lindl.''
Taxon:
Ipsea speciosa Lindley, Orchidaceae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 35.5 x 25.5
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Date of Execution: 1969
Place of Execution: Pattipola, Sri Lanka
Signature: D. F. (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 6061
Artist Name: Fernando, Dorothy
Life Span: (1907-1981)
Nationality: Sri Lanka
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Dendrobium macarthiae Thw., Vesak orchid''
Taxon:
Dendrobium maccarthiae Thwaites, Orchidaceae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 35.5 x 25.5
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Date of Execution: 1970
Place of Execution: Matugama, Sri Lanka
Signature: D. F. (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 6062
Artist Name: Fernando, Dorothy
Life Span: (1907-1981)
Nationality: Sri Lanka
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Vanda spathulata Spreng.''
Taxon:
Vanda spathulata Sprengel, Orchidaceae
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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 35.5 x 25.5
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Date of Execution: 1970
Place of Execution: Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
Signature: D. F. (b.r.)
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