Drawings/prints associated with USPRR reports & photographs/archival material - Sprague, Isaac,; Schott, Arthur,
Amblirion pudicum / Arthur Schott -- Asclepias macrophylla (2 sketches) -- Batis maritima -- Carex sartwellii -- Carpenteria californica -- Chaenactis achilleaefolia / Arthur Schott -- Cowania stansburiana / Arthur Schott -- Crepis acuminata / Arthur Schott -- Eddya hispidissima / Isaac Sprague -- Eriogonum lachnogynum / A.S. Ric... -- Fremontia californica / A. Hochstein -- Gayophytum / Isaac Sprague -- Heuchera rubescens / Arthur Schott -- Holacantha emoryi / Isaac Sprague -- Hulsea nana -- Hymenoclea salsola -- Larrea mexicana / E.A. Hunt -- Monothrix stansburiana / Arthur Schott -- Nemopanthes canadensis -- Nepenthes distillatoria -- Opuntia rafinesque (4 sketches) / Paulus Roetter -- Opuntia vulgaris (2 sketches) / Paulus Roetter -- Phaca mollissima / Arthur Schott -- Ptilocalyx gregii / Isaac Sprague -- Salviastrum texanum / Isaac Sprague -- Sequoia gigantea / N.R. Moll... -- Sequoia sempervirens / N.L. Moll... -- Selenia dissecta / Isaac Sprague -- Spirea dumosa / Arthur Schott -- Stegnocarpus canescens / Isaac Sprague -- Streptanthus crassicaulis (3 sketches) / Arthur Schott -- Strombocarpa pubescens / E.A. Hunt -- Stylocline gnaphaloides / Isaac Sprague -- [2 unlabelled, unsigned drawings]. --- 42 original drawings by Isaac Sprague, Arthur Schott, and others for United States Pacific Railroad and other reports authored by John Torrey. Drawings are pencil, pen & ink, pencil & ink, or pencil & watercolor on paper. Many are undated, those that have dates range from 1825-1859. The collection is from the library of Judge Addison Brown, and was presented to NYBG by Mrs. Brown on May 15, 1915. --- In English.
Keywords: 1796-1873; 1811-1895; 1814-1875; 19th century; Botanical illustration; Discovery and exploration; Drawings (visual works); Explorers; Pictorial works; Plants; Schott, Arthur,; Scientific Expeditions; Sprague, Isaac,; Torrey, John,; United States Pacific Railroad Expeditions and Sur; West (U.S.)