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Drawn from nature : the botanical art of Joseph Prestele and his sons
- Title
- Drawn from nature : the botanical art of Joseph Prestele and his sons / Charles van Ravenswaay.
- Author
- Van Ravenswaay, Charles.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984.
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Details
- Description
- 357 pages : illustrations; 31 cm
- Summary
- Printed especially for contributing members of the Smithsonian National Assiciate Program. The story of the Prestele's who were artists and lithographers of plants.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Note
- Cataloging based on CIP information.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Joseph Prestele, 1796-1867 : The Bavarian years, 1796-1843 : Beginnings of a botanical artist ; A religious conversion and what followed -- To America, 1843 : Ebenezer, New York, 1843-1858 ; An art career resumed ; Production details ; “A high standard of excellence” ; Plates for the book that was never published ; Reports on the botany of the far west ; “The sad story with Vick” ; Plates for nurserymen -- Iowa, the Amana settlement : Prestele’s last years, 1858-1867 -- The three Prestele sons : Joseph Prestele, Jr. -- Gottlieb Prestele -- William Henry Prestele : Color plates -- Glossary: technical terms used by Joseph Prestele and Isaac Sprague in their signatures on plates -- Appendix A: annotated checklist of published plates for The Forest Trees of North America, by Asa Gray, together with preliminary watercolors and proofs -- Appendix B: partial checklist of U.S. army reports of western expeditions containing illustrations produced wholly or in party by Joseph Prestele -- Appendix C: checklist of nurserymen’s plates signed by, or attributed to, Joseph Prestele, Sr., and his sons Gottlieb and William Henry.
- ISBN
- 0874749387
- 9780874749380
- LCCN
- 84600003
- OCLC
- ocm10458111
- 10458111
- SCSB-630995
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library