Unsigned watercolor of fungus (possibly a truffle or tuckahoe)(1 piece; number 60-111), undated
Item — Box: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Torrey manuscripts "Florula Princetoniana" and "Calendarium florae for the vicinity of New York" now reside in the Mertz Library's Rare Book Room. Artwork bears art collection numbers (NYBG collection number 60). Drawings include "Figures of Hepaticae...; a manuscript title page "Genera of fungi"; original watercolors of fungi by John Torrey and D'Jurco V. Knevels; a lithograph of Samuel L. Mitchill; and other miscellaneous drawings. Of particular note is the original drawing of Darlingtonia californica (cobra lily, or California pitcher plant) by Isaac Sprague.
Dates
- undated
Extent
From the Collection: 5.5 Linear Feet (11 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Torrey, John, 1796-1873 (Person)
- From the Collection: Bailey, Jacob Whitman, 1811-1857 (Person)
- From the Collection: Buckley, S. B. (Samuel Botsford), 1809-1884 (Person)
- From the Collection: Darlington, William, 1782-1863 (Person)
- From the Collection: Dewey, Chester, 1784-1867 (Person)
- From the Collection: Durand, Elias, 1794-1873 (Person)
- From the Collection: Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842 (Person)
- From the Collection: Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887 (Person)
- From the Collection: Engelmann, George, 1809-1884 (Person)
- From the Collection: Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890 (Person)
- From the Collection: Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 (Person)
- From the Collection: Greene, B. D. (Benjamin Daniel), 1793-1862 (Person)
- From the Collection: Greville, Robert Kaye, 1794-1866 (Person)
- From the Collection: Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 (Person)
- From the Collection: Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 (Person)
- From the Collection: Holton, Isaac F. (Isaac Farwell) (Person)
- From the Collection: Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865 (Person)
- From the Collection: Knieskern, Peter D., 1798-1871 (Person)
- From the Collection: Parry, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1823-1890 (Person)
- From the Collection: Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel), 1783-1840 (Person)
- From the Collection: Schweinitz, Lewis David von, 1780-1834 (Person)
- From the Collection: Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 (Person)
- From the Collection: Sullivant, William Starling, 1803-1873 (Person)
- From the Collection: Tuckerman, Edward, 1817-1886 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the New York Botanical Garden, Mertz Archives Repository
Contact:
New York Botanical Garden, Mertz Library
2900 Southern Boulevard
Bronx NY 10458 United States
ssinon@nybg.org
New York Botanical Garden, Mertz Library
2900 Southern Boulevard
Bronx NY 10458 United States
ssinon@nybg.org