Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute

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Accession Number: 0856.01
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Cactus speciosisima
Taxon:

Cactaceae

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Medium: watercolor
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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
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Accession Number: 0856.02
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Geraniums, 1. Prince Leopold 2. Lord Nelson 3. Duchess of Clarence] 4. sanguineum"
Taxon:

Pelargonium xdomesticum L. H. Bailey, Geraniaceae

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Signature: DW (b.l.)
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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
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Accession Number: 0856.03
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''1. mirophylla, 2. virgata, 3. grandiflora, 4. globosa, 5. conica, 6. reflexa, 7. fulgens, 8. longiflora, 9. gracilis''
Taxon:

Fuchsia Linnaeus, Onagraceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
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Signature: DW (b.r.)
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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
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Accession Number: 0856.04
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:

Datura Linnaeus, Solanaceae

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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
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Accession Number: 0856.05
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Bletia tankervillia''
Taxon:

Bletia Ruiz and Pavón, Orchidaceae

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Signature: DW (b.r.)
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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
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Accession Number: 0856.06
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Amaryllis''
Taxon:

Amaryllidaceae

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Signature: DW (b.l.)
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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
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Accession Number: 0856.07
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Sparmania [sic] africana''
Taxon:

Rehmannia Liboschitz ex F. E. L. Fischer and C. A. Meyer, Scrophulariaceae

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Signature: DW (b.c.)
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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
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Accession Number: 0856.08
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Jacobian lily''
Taxon:

Sprekelia Heister, Amaryllidaceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
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Signature: D.D. [changed to DW?] (b.l.)
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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
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Accession Number: 0856.09
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Lilium tigrida Pavonia''
Taxon:

Tigridia A. L. Jussieu, Iridaceae

Description:
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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
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Accession Number: 0856.10
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:

Pelargonium L'Héritier, Geraniaceae

Description:
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Signature: DW (b.l.)
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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
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Accession Number: 0856.11
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Abutilon striatum''
Taxon:

Abutilon P. Miller, Malvaceae

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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
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Accession Number: 0856.12
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Cotton plant''
Taxon:

Gossypium Linnaeus, Malvaceae

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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
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Accession Number: 0856.13
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''[illegible]''
Taxon:

Dicotyledoneae

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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
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Accession Number: 0856.14
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title:
Taxon:

Prunus Linnaeus, Rosaceae

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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
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Accession Number: 0856.15
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Anona [sic] or Custard apple''
Taxon:

Annona Linnaeus, Annonaceae

Description:
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Signature: D. D. (b.l.)
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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
HIBD Exhibitions:
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Accession Number: 0856.16
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Selago spuria''
Taxon:

Selago Linnaeus, Scrophulariaceae

Description:
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Signature: D. [illegible] (b.l.)
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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
HIBD Exhibitions:
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Accession Number: 0856.17
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Tamarind tree''
Taxon:

Tamarindus Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0856.18
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
Image (click image to view):
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Erica cerinthoides''
Taxon:

Erica Linnaeus, Ericaceae

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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
HIBD Exhibitions:
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Accession Number: 0856.19
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Lobelia cardinalis''
Taxon:

Lobelia Linnaeus, Campanulaceae

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Signature: D. D. (b.l.)
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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0856.20
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
Image (click image to view):
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Amaryllis vittata''
Taxon:

Amaryllidaceae

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Signature: D. D. (b.l.)
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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
HIBD Exhibitions:
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Accession Number: 0856.21
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
Image (click image to view):
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Amaryllis sarmensis''
Taxon:

Amaryllidaceae

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Signature: [erased] (b.l.)
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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
HIBD Exhibitions:
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Accession Number: 0856.22
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Datura fastuosa''
Taxon:

Datura Linnaeus, Solanaceae

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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
HIBD Exhibitions:
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Accession Number: 0856.23
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
Image (click image to view):
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Calceolasia''
Taxon:

Calceolaria Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0856.24
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
Image (click image to view):
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Night blowing [blooming?] [illegible]''
Taxon:

Cereus P. Miller, Cactaceae

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Signature: D. D. (b.l.)
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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
HIBD Exhibitions:
HIBD Publications:
Accession Number: 0856.25
Artist Name: Widdrington, Dorothy [also Dorothy Cook Widdrington, née Davison]
Life Span: (1794-1865)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
Image (click image to view):
Credit: Courtesy, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Oil plant of [illegible]''
Taxon:

Convolvulaceae

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Signature: D. [illegible] (b.c.)
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Notes: 64 watercolors originally bound with Paintings by Dorothy Widdrington, daughter of Alexander Davison Esquire of Swarland Hall and wife of Captain Samuel Widdrington R. N. J. P. of Newton Hall and Hauxley Hall.
HIBD Exhibitions:
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