Hunt Institute specializes in the history of botany and all aspects of plant science and serves the international scientific community through research and documentation. To this end, the Institute acquires and maintains authoritative collections of books, plant images, manuscripts, portraits and data files, and provides publications and other modes of information service. The Institute meets the reference needs of botanists, biologists, historians, conservationists, librarians, bibliographers and the public at large, especially those concerned with any aspect of the North American flora. Learn more
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22(2) Huntia
In this issue of Huntia authors of previous articles expand upon their research while first-time authors take us on new adventures in botanical history.
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Curtis’s Botanical Magazine wrappers
We have photographed all of the printed text on the 405 individual wrappers, along with 45 printed inserts. A finding aid for this collection with PDFs of the individual wrappers is available online.
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Botanical Watercolors of John Tyley: Free Man of Color in a Colonial World
1 February–30 June 2027From his birthplace on Antigua to his employment on Saint Vincent to his time in London, John Tyley (ca.1773–after 1823) navigated the colonial world with its complexities and contradictions. In honor of Black History month the Hunt Institute exhibits its John Tyley watercolors in conjunction with an issue of Huntia devoted to new scholarship about the artist. After nearly 70 years we are pleased to share our entire collection of Tyley-attributed watercolors with the public for the first time, and we invite everyone to learn more about this man, his complex life and his art.
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