Photograph
Dr. Henry Parker Sartwell, Botanist
Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. Henry Parker Sartwell (1792-1867), American botanist. |
Image ID: | 46651 |
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Creation Date: | 12 1864 |
Creator Name: | Mills Photography |
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Collection Name: | Increase A. Lapham papers, 1825-1930 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | PH 24 |
Original Dimensions: | 2.5 x 4 inches |
Studying botany for almost 50 years, Sartwell devoted his attention to the Carex genus starting in 1846, attempting to amass a collection of every known Carex species in North America. The herbarium he created, containing about 8,000 species, now resides at Hamilton College in New York. Handwritten inscription at the bottom of the image field reads, "Dr. H.P. Sartwell, 1865." Per an email (9/20/11) from Frank Sciacca of Hamilton College, the Sartwell Herbarium was donated by Hamilton College to the New York Botanical Garden in 1983. Photographer's credit on back reads, "Mills Photographer, Penn Yan, N.Y." Handwritten inscription at the bottom reads, "H.P. Sartwell, Dec. 1864-." From album of portrait photographs collected by Lapham depicting scientists and artists, ca. 1860-ca. 1875. Images include portraits of geologists, botanists, sculptors, and authors. |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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