A painted herbarium : the life and art of Emily Hitchcock Terry, 1838-1921 PDF
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A Painted Herbarium "Who knows but you may hear of me as an artist yet." —Emily Hitchcock, 1866 This page intentionally left blank The University of Minnesota Press gratefully acknowledges the generous assistance provided for the publication of this book by Mrs. Reuel D. Harmon and the Margaret S. Harding Memorial Endowment honoring the first director of the University of Minnesota Press B E A T R I C E S C SCHEER R S S M I T H A Painted Herbarium THE LIFE ANDART OF EMILY HITCHCOCK TERRY (1838-1921) UN I V E R S I T Y OF M I N N E S O T A P R E S S M I N N E A P O L I S / L O N D O N Copyright 1992 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 2037 University Avenue Southeast, Minneapolis, MN 55414 Printed in Japan on acid-free paper Photo, page iv: Emily Hitchcock Terry, ca. 1885-90. (Photograph by E. A. Record, Saratoga, New York. Smith College Archives, Smith College.) Jacket and book design by Diane Gleba Hall Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Smith, Beatrice S. A painted herbarium: the life and art of Emily Hitchcock Terry, 1838-1921 /Beatrice Scheer Smith. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8166-2153-5 1. Terry, Emily Hitchcock, 1838-1921. 2. Botanical artists— United States—Biography. 3. Botanists—United States—Biography. 4. Botanical illustration—Minnesota—History. I. Title. QK98.183.T37S55 1992 581'.022'S—dc20 [B] 92-274 CIP The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. To my first professor of botany EDMUND W. SINNOTT who changed the course of my life This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgments xi Prologue 3 The Early Years (1838-1859) 5 Years of Transition (1860-1870) 11 The Minnesota Years (1872-1884) 19 The Career of Cassius Terry 20 Emily Hitchcock Terry, Botanist and Artist 24 Epilogue 41 Publications of Emily Hitchcock Terry 59 Notes 61 American Flowers. Painted by Mrs. Emily Hitchcock Terry 75 Description of the Volume 77 Explanation of Plate Legends 79 The Minnesota Flora: Plates 1-46 80 Descriptive Catalogue of the Paintings 175 Index 191
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