Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 6331.1208
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Tetrodon veracrucensis''
Taxon:
Description: Sphoeroides, Osteichthyes, Tetradontidae (puffer)
Medium: watercolor
Support: sketch paper
Dimensions (cm): 15.5 x 21.25
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Notes: Atlantic.
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Accession Number: 6331.1209
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Tetrodon maculatus -- Vulgo Tamboril''
Taxon:
Description: Sphoeroides testudineus, Osteichthyes, Tetradontidae (checkered puffer)
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35 x 24
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Notes: Atlantic.
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Accession Number: 6331.1210
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Tetrodon cuneatus -- Tetrodon moucheté. Lacep. l.XXV.l -- Tetr[odon] commersoni Schn. 508.''
Taxon:
Description: Sphoeroides annulatus, Osteichthyes, Tetradontidae (bullseye puffer)
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
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Notes: Pacific.
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Accession Number: 6331.1211
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Tranoscopus scaber -- Vulgo Sapo de mar [cut off]''
Taxon:
Description: Opsanus tau, Osteichthyes, Batrachoididae (toadfish)
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35 x 24
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Notes: Atlantic.
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Accession Number: 6331.1212
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Zeus columba -- Vulgo Palometa -- proboblement une varieté du Ciliaris''
Taxon:
Description: Selene vomer (Linne), Osteichthyes, Carangidae
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35 x 24
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Notes: Atlantic.
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Accession Number: 6331.1213
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Zeus fasciatus -- trés vois in du chaetodon glaucus osanthinion [?] bleu (Lac.)''
Taxon:
Description: Trachinotus goodei Jordan and Evermann (palometa), Osteichthyes, Carangidae
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35 x 24
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Notes: Atlantic.
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Accession Number: 6331.1214
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Zeus gibbus -- Vulgo coreobado''
Taxon:
Description: Selene vomer (Linne), Osteichthyes, Carangidae
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35 x 24
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Notes: Atlantic.
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Accession Number: 6331.1215
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Zeus purpurascens -- probablemt le scombre à bandes, Scomber fasciatus p. 280''
Taxon:
Description: Caranx crysos (Mitchell), Osteichthyes, Carangidae (blue runner)
Medium: watercolor
Support: sketch paper
Dimensions (cm): 15.5 x 21.5
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Accession Number: 6331.1216
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Zeus maculatus -- Vulgo cazave''
Taxon:
Description: Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linne), Osteichthyes, Carangidae (bar jack)
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35 x 24
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Notes: Atlantic.
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Accession Number: 6331.1217
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
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Description: Osteichthyes, Mugilidae (mullet)
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35 x 24
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Accession Number: 6331.1218
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:
Description: Oligoplites saurus, Osteichthyes, Carangidae (leather jacket)
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35 x 24
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Accession Number: 6331.1219
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:
Description: Goodea atripinnis ?, Osteichthyes, Goodeidae (splitfin)
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35 x 24
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Notes: Freshwater. This illustration and also accession no. 1225 precede the earliest description of any goodeid fish by about 50 years.
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Accession Number: 6331.1220
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:
Description: Dorosoma petenense, Osteichthyes, Clupeidae (threadfin shad)
Lutjanus griseus (Linne), Osteichthyes, Lutjanidae (gray snapper)
Megalops atlanticus, Osteichthyes, Elopidae (tarpon)
Medium: watercolor
Support: sketch paper
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 20.5
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Notes: Dorosoma petenense - Freshwater; Sketches of floral details on reverse. Atlantic.
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Accession Number: 6331.1221
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
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Description: Scartomyzon austrinus, Osteichthyes, Catostomidae (sucker)
Medium: watercolor
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Notes: Freshwater.
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Accession Number: 6331.1222
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Silurus catus -- Vulgo Bagre''
Taxon:
Description: Centropomis undecimalis or C. viridis ?, Osteichthyes,
Centropomidae (snook)
Ictalurus, Osteichthyes, Ictaluridae (North American catfish)
Osteichthyes, Mugilidae (mullet)
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Notes: Ictalurus: Freshwater.
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Accession Number: 6331.1223
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:
Description: Nematistius pectoralis Gill 1862, Osteichthyes, Nematistiidae (roosterfish)
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35 x 24
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Notes: Pacific.
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Accession Number: 6331.1224
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:
Description: Centropomis undecimalis (Bloch 1792), Osteichthyes, Centropomidae (snook)
Medium: watercolor
Support: sketch paper
Dimensions (cm): 21.5 x 15.5
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Notes: Atlantic.
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Accession Number: 6331.1225
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:
Description: Girardinichthys viviparus ?, Osteichthyes, Goodeidae (splitfin)
Medium: watercolor
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Notes: Freshwater. This illustration and also accession no. 1219 precede the earliest description of any goodeid fish by about 50 years. All fishes in this family are live bearing. This illustration depicts a dissected female with her embryos, possibly the earliest drawing of live bearing in fishes.
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Accession Number: 6331.1226
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:
Description: Osteichthyes
Medium: watercolor
Support: sketch paper
Dimensions (cm): 21 x 30
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Notes: Pacific.
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Accession Number: 6331.1227
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
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Description: Dorosoma petenense, Osteichthyes, Clupeidae (threadfin shad)
Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 35 x 24
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Notes: Atlantic.
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Accession Number: 6331.1228
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
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Description: Sardinops sagax, Osteichthyes, Clupeidae (Pacific sardine)
Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 21 x 30
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Notes: North Pacific.
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Accession Number: 6331.1229
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
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Description: Holacanthus tricolor (Bloch 1795), Osteichthyes, Pomacanthidae (rock beauty)
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 35 x 24
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Notes: Atlantic.
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Accession Number: 6331.1230
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
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Description: Osteichthyes
Medium: watercolor
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Notes: Cannot be assigned to family
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Accession Number: 6331.1231
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
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Description: Oligoplites saurus, Osteichthyes, Carangidae (leather jacket)
Medium: watercolor
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Accession Number: 6331.1232
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
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Description: Osteichthyes, Mugilidae (mullet)
Medium: watercolor
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