Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 6825.2
Artist Name: Sowerby, James
Life Span: (1757-1822)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Melampyrum pratense. Common yellow cow-wheat''
Taxon:
Melampyrum, Scrophulariaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-olored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 13.5
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Published: from Sowerby, English botany; or coloured figures of British plants ... Vol. 2. London, J. Davis, 1793. P. 113.
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Accession Number: 6825.3
Artist Name: Sowerby, James
Life Span: (1757-1822)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Galeopsis tetrahit. Red hemp-nettle''
Taxon:
Galeopsis, Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 13.5
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Published: from Sowerby, English botany; or coloured figures of British plants ... Vol. 3. London, J. Davis, 1794. P. 207
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Accession Number: 6825.4
Artist Name: Sowerby, James
Life Span: (1757-1822)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Cheiranthus sinuatus. Sea stock''
Taxon:
Cheiranthus, Brassicaceae alt. Cruciferae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 13.5
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Published: from Sowerby, English botany; or coloured figures of British plants ... Vol. 7. London, J. Davis, 1798. P. 462.
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Accession Number: 6825.5
Artist Name: Sowerby, James
Life Span: (1757-1822)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Melittis grandiflora. Purple and white bastard-balm''
Taxon:
Melittis, Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 13.5
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Published: from Sowerby, English botany; or coloured figures of British plants ... Vol. 9. London, J. Davis, 1799. P. 636
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Accession Number: 6825.6
Artist Name: Sowerby, James
Life Span: (1757-1822)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Rhinanthus crista-galli. Yellow rattle''
Taxon:
Rhinanthus, Scrophulariaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand colored
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Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 13.5
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Published: from Sowerby, English botany; or coloured figures of British plants ... Vol. 9. London, J. Davis, 1799. P. 637.
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Accession Number: 6826
Artist Name: Edwards, Brigid Segrave
Life Span: (1940-)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Polyanthus''
Taxon:
Primula, Primulaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38.5 x 30
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Date of Execution: 1986
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Accession Number: 6827
Artist Name: Edwards, Brigid Segrave
Life Span: (1940-)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Artichoke''
Taxon:
Cynara, Asteraceae alt. Compositae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: vellum
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 34
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Date of Execution: 1985
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HIBD Exhibitions: 7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1992; Exquisite Patterns in Nature, 2017
HIBD Publications: White, James J. and Autumn Farole 1992. 7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, p. 33.
Accession Number: 6828
Artist Name: Hodges, Elaine R. S.
Life Span: (1937-2006)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Femaie
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Title: ''Orchid spray - Dendrobium bigibbum phalaenopsis''
Taxon:
Dendrobium, Orchidaceae
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Medium: graphite dust
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 19 x 17.9
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Signature: Elaine R. S. Hodges (b.l.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 6th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1988
HIBD Publications: White, James J. and Donald E. Wendel. 6th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, p. 59.
Accession Number: 6829
Artist Name: Bodley, Elise
Life Span: (1921-1977)
Nationality: South Africa
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Myrtus communis''
Taxon:
Myrtus Linnaeus, Myrtaceae
Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 22.5 x 10.5
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Date of Execution: 1988
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Signature: Elise Bodley (b.l.)
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Notes: Greeting card.
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Accession Number: 6830
Artist Name: Feng Jin-yong
Life Span: (1925-)
Nationality: China
Gender: Male
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Taxon:
Narcissus Linnaeus, Amaryllidaceae
Description: narcissus
Medium: watercolor [Chinese brush style]
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 75 x 40.5
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Signature: chop mark (b.r.)
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Notes: A work by this artist, not in the Hunt Institute collection, was included in the 6th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1988.
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Accession Number: 6831
Artist Name: Baines, Valerie
Life Span: (1935-)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Iris 'Braithwaite'''
Taxon:
Iris, Iridaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 38 x 28
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Date of Execution: 1973
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Signature: V.B. (b.c.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1992
HIBD Publications: White, James J. and Autumn Farole. 1992. 7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, p. 7.
Accession Number: 6832
Artist Name: Greenwood, Lawrence
Life Span: (1915-1998)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Malvastrum humile''
Taxon:
Malvastrum, Malvaceae
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Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 17 x 25.5
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Signature: LG (b.c.)
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HIBD Exhibitions: 7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1992
HIBD Publications: White, James J. and Autumn Farole 1992. 7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, p. 42.
Accession Number: 6833.01
Artist Name: Andrews, James
Life Span: (1801-1876)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Description: wreath
Medium: stipple engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 37 x 27.5
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Published: from Andrews, Flora's gems: or, the treasures of the parterre. Twelve bouquets, drawn and coloured from nature, by James Andrews. With poetical illustrations, by Louisa Anne Twamley, author of ''The romance of nature,'' and c. London, Charles Tilt, n.d. Frontispiece.
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Accession Number: 6833.02
Artist Name: Barton, William P. C.
Life Span: (1786-1856)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Claytonia virginica. Virginian Claytonia''
Taxon:
Claytonia, Portulacaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 27 x 22
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Published: from Barton, A flora of North America. Vol. 1. Philadelphia, M. Carey & Sons, 1822, v. 1, pl. 51.
Printmaker: Charles Goodman
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Accession Number: 6833.03
Artist Name: Barton, William P. C.
Life Span: (1786-1856)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Rudbeckia laciniata. Jagged-leaved Rudbeckia''
Taxon:
Rudbeckia, Asteraceae alt. Compositae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 27 x 22
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Published: from Barton, A flora of North America. Vol. 1. Philadelphia, M. Carey & Sons, 1821. Pl. 16.
Printmaker: F. Kearny
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Accession Number: 6833.04
Artist Name: Catesby, Mark
Life Span: (1683-1749)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Carolinische strichdrossel; Turdus pilaris, migratorius; Grive brune de passage''
Taxon:
Aristolochia serpentaria L., Aristolochiaceae
Description: with robin (''The Fieldfare of Carolina,'' Turdus migratorius)
Medium: etching, hand-colored
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 26.5 x 42.5
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Published: ''Tab. LVIII'' (t.l.)
Printmaker: I. M. Seligmann
Notes: Corresponds to pl. 29 in vol. 1 of Catesby, The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, 1771.
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Accession Number: 6833.05
Artist Name: Edwards, John
Life Span: (fl.1768-1785)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Centaureum majus ...''
Taxon:
Centaurea, Asteraceae alt. Compositae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 48 x 29
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Published: from Edwards, A select collection of one hundred plates; consisting of the most beautiful exotic and British flowers which blow in our English gardens ... London, printed for S. Hooper, 1775. Pl. 63.
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Accession Number: 6833.06
Artist Name: Edwards, John
Life Span: (fl.1768-1785)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Chelidonium, Pilewort''
Taxon:
Chelidonium, Papaveraceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 49 x 29.5
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Published: from Edwards, A select collection of one hundred plates; consisting of the most beautiful exotic and British flowers which blow in our English gardens ... London, printed for S. Hooper, 1775. Pl. 10.
Printmaker: William Darling
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Accession Number: 6833.07
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
Life Span: (1769?-1819)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Bauera rubioides. Madder-leaved Bauera''
Taxon:
Bauera, Saxifragaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 22.5 x 14
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Published: from Bot. Mag. 19: 1804. Pl. 715.
Printmaker: F. Sansom
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Accession Number: 6833.08
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
Life Span: (1769?-1819)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Limodorum altum. Tall Limodorum''
Taxon:
Limodorum, Orchidaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 22.5 x 14.5
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Published: from Bot. Mag. 23: 1806. Pl. 930.
Printmaker: F. Sansom
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Accession Number: 6833.09
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham
Life Span: (1769?-1819)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Mesembryanthemum minutum. Tiny fig-marigold''
Taxon:
Mesembryanthemum, Aizoaceae
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Dimensions (cm): 22.5 x 14.5
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Published: from Bot. Mag. 33: 1811. Pl. 1376.
Printmaker: F. Sansom
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Accession Number: 6833.10
Artist Name: Edwards, Sydenham ? or Kilburn, William ? or Sowerby, James ?
Life Span: (1769?-1819) or (1745-1818) or (1757-1822)
Nationality: England and Ireland, or England or England
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Viola odorata. Sweet violet''
Taxon:
Viola Linnaeus, Violaceae
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Medium: engraving, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 46 x 29.5
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Published: Curtis, W. [1775–]1777–1798. Flora Londinensis. 2 vols. London: printed for the author and B. White. Vol. 1. Fasc. 1. No. 9. Pl. [180].
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Accession Number: 6833.11
Artist Name: Ehret, Georg Dionys
Life Span: (1708-1770)
Nationality: Germany and England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Acer foliis ...''
Taxon:
Acer, Aceraceae
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Dimensions (cm): 46 x 29
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Published: from Trew and Ehret, Plantae selectae ... Nuremberg, 1750-1773. Pl. 85.
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Accession Number: 6833.12
Artist Name: Fitch, Walter Hood
Life Span: (1817-1892)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Lycaste skinneri, Mr. Skinner's Lycaste''
Taxon:
Lycaste, Orchidaceae
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Medium: lithograph, hand-colored
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Dimensions (cm): 30 x 24
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Published: from Bot. Mag. 75: 1849. Pl. 4445.
Printmaker: R. B. & R. imp (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 6833.13
Artist Name: Fitch, Walter Hood
Life Span: (1817-1892)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Passiflora caerulea''
Taxon:
Passiflora, Passifloraceae
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Dimensions (cm): 15.5 x 12.5
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Published: ''Plate III'' (t.r.)
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