A painted herbarium : the life and art of Emily Hitchcock Terry, 1838-1921

209 Pages·1992·66.115 MB·English

by  Terry, Emily Hitchcock, Smith, Beatrice S., Terry, Emily Hitchcock

A Painted
Herbarium
"Who knows but you may hear of me as an artist yet."
—Emily Hitchcock, 1866
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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
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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