A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
A collection of 83 watercolors, 15 of zoological subjects, most likely from Tamil Nadu, India, probably executed under European supervision, as the anglicized spelling of the vernacular (Tamil) name suggests; see K. M. Matthew and J. J. White, ''An album of 19th-century watercolors from India in the Hunt Institute.'' Huntia 9(2): 139-149. 1996.
290 watercolors bound in album. Another album with near-duplicate watercolors, held by Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC, is attributed to Magdalena Funck and dated 1692 (the Hunt Institute's copy is dated 1762). That album was painted for the Nürnberg University of Altdorf near Erlangen, disbanded in 1809. See Heidrun Ludwig, Nürnberger naturgeschichtliche Maler und Stecher des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts (Marburg an der Lahn, Basilisken-Presse, 1998, pp. 201, 330-331).
Copy made from Pl. 46 Betonica in Trew and Eisenberger's Herbarium Blackwellianum (Norimbergae, 1750-1773 [plate issued in 1748/49])-the expanded version of Elizabeth Blackwell's Curious Herbal (London, 1737). Many details missing. Handwritten German text on reverse was copied from nos. 1-3 of the German text that appears as description for tab. 46 [text pp. issued 1748-1749] in volume 1 of HI copy.
"Mexico"
5 volumes of 119, 150, 162, 128, and 150 paintings (nearly all by Donovan with some by other hands including E. Duncombe, M. Fox, WH, EK, JK, and LR) accessioned as 851, 852, 853, 854, and 855.
"J.[or L?] [K or R?] 1829" [See also accession 0854.77 and 0852.109 in which monotgram is written over two initials and/or dates which are in the same hand.]
5 volumes of 119, 150, 162, 128, and 150 paintings (nearly all by Donovan with some by other hands including E. Duncombe, M. Fox, WH, EK, JK, and LR) accessioned as 851, 852, 853, 854, and 855.
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.
290 watercolors bound in album. Another album with near-duplicate watercolors, held by Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC, is attributed to Magdalena Funck and dated 1692 (the Hunt Institute's copy is dated 1762). That album was painted for the Nürnberg University of Altdorf near Erlangen, disbanded in 1809. See Heidrun Ludwig, Nürnberger naturgeschichtliche Maler und Stecher des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts (Marburg an der Lahn, Basilisken-Presse, 1998, pp. 201, 330-331).
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.
from R. Brook,The cyclopaedia of botany, or a history and description of all plants British or foreign forming a complete book of herbs and family herbal. Huddersfield, R. Brook, Vol. 2, [ca.1854]. Pl. 81.
