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A NewsletterTraveller of the Bartram Conference Fall, 2013 The Bartram Trail Exhibit features maps of ConferenceOctober 11–13, 2013 Bartram’s Florida The Mountain, Scaly Mountain, he Tampa Bay History Center (http://www.tampabayhistorycen- ter.org)“T in Tampa, Florida is opening a he Bartram Trail Conference will be ing tour into the “Vale of Cowee,” ending major exhibition of Florida maps on Sep- holding its biennial conference along our trip at the Cowee Mound along the tember 20, 2013. Entitled Charting the theT Bartram Trail in North Carolina. This . On Sunday we Land of Flowers: 500 Years of Florida Maps, fall we will meet at The Mountain Retreat will finish our gathering on the foot trail the exhibition is celebrating the 500th and Learning Center—just west of High- with a hike. Anniversary of Ponce de Leon claiming lands, NC. The Mountain is perched on A schedule of events and instructions Florida for Spain. Among the 150 maps, Little Scaly Mountain on the Blue Ridge for registration are found on page 2. books, globes and a powder horn telling at 4,200 feet, with outstanding views of Looking forward to seeing you in North the story of the 500 years of Florida’s ex- the Blue Valley below. Two miles to the Carolina! ploration, settlement and growth is the west is the Bartram Trail, extending to the 1792 English edition of William Bar- south into and to the north over Conference Registration tram’s Travels through North and South Scaly Mountain. We will hike a short seg- Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, ment of the trail on Sunday morning. The 1. There are two options for participants: the Cherokee Country…(etc) and A Map of conference will start on Friday evening Full Registration the Coast of East Florida, from the River St. with a display of traditional 18th Century 2 nights lodging, 6 meals and the full pro- John, Southward, to near Cape Canaveral Crafts: gram which is included in Bartram’s book. Wil- 1. Rivercane Basket making—Ramo- The fee for full registration is $225 (dou- liam Stork’s A Description of East Florida na Lossie ble occupancy fee per person for two with a Journal kept by John Bartram is also 2. Stamped Pottery—Mary Thompson sharing a room). This fee includes lodging on display. This is the most important ex- hibition of Florida maps and books which 3. Moccasin making and blowgun (double occupancy), all meals and events. has ever been mounted. It will close on demonstration—Sonny Ledford Given the limited number of rooms at The Mountain, we are encouraging as February 15, 2014.” On Saturday morning we will have an ex- many registrants as possible to sign up citing program that will feature: for double occupancy—that is having a Officers and members of the board 1. “A Cherokee Looks at William roommate. If that will not work, we can President: Chuck Spornick, Decatur, Georgia Bartram”—presentation by Tom Vice President: Dorinda Dallmeyer, make on a request basis a single occupan- Athens, Georgia Belt cy room available for $295. Please note Secretary: Anna Martin, Alabama 2. Botany Panel lead by Dan Pittillo that fees listed here do not include North Treasurer & Membership Chair: Carolina sales tax. Anne Weeks Hurst, Athens, Georgia 3. “Cherokee and Trading Please hurry up and register! Given the Newsletter Editor: Mark Jolley, Macon, Paths”—presentation by Lamar popularity of The Mountain as a fall re- Georgia Marshall Web Master & Newsletter Publisher: sort we are encouraging you to register Brad Sanders, Athens, Georgia 4. “The Cowee Townsite and Chero- as soon as possible. We are likely to lose Historical Marker Coordinator: kee History”—presentation by Ty- any rooms that we do not reserve by the T.R., Henderson, Headland, Alabama ler Howe middle of August. Board: Kathryn Braund (Alabama), John Hall (Alabama), Thomas Hallock (Florida) On Saturday afternoon we will take a driv- continued on page 2

1 continued from page 1 Partial or “Day” Registration FridayBartram Trail Conference Schedule Participants can register for specific days: Friday evening session (including dinner) 4:00–6:00 . . Check-in and Late Registration is $40. Registration fee: $225 for double occupancy Saturday session (including 2 meals) is 5:30 . . . . Reception $70 6:30 . . . . Dinner Sunday session (including lunch) is $40 7:30 . . . . Welcome to The Mountain—Chuck If you have any questions about the con- 7:45 . . . . Demonstration of traditional Eighteenth Century Crafts: ference and/or registration please contact Ramona Lossie, rivercane basket making Chuck Spornick at [email protected] Mary Thompson, stamped pottery 2. Registration instructions. The Moun- Sonny Ledford, moccasin making and blowgun demonstration tain will be managing all of our registra- Saturday tions for this year’s conference. Just follow 9:00 . . . . Open the meeting the link below to the registration. You will 9:15 . . . . “A Cherokee Looks at ” need to set up an account, so select the Tom Belt, Elder-in Residence, Cherokee Language Instructor at West- Create a user name button on the lower ern Carolina University left. After setting up your account, log in. From the login screen select the button on 10:00 . . . .Botany Panel: “The Botany of the Cherokee Mountains, Then and Now” the bottom right Add program.” Dan Pittillo, Ed Schwartzman, Jack Johnston You will be prompted: Do you have a 11:00 . . . .Break Group Registration ID provided by your 11:15–12:00 . .“Cherokee Trails and Trading Paths”—Lamar Marshall Group Leader? Answer no, and then select the Proceed Lunch button below, which will take you to the 1:15 . . . . “The Cowee Townsite and Cherokee History” Programs page. Tyler Howe, Tribal Historic Preservation Specialist, Eastern Band of On the Programs page, scroll down Cherokee Indians until you find: 2013 Bartram Trail: 2:00 . . . . Following Billy into the Vale of Cowee 10/11/2013–10/13/2013 Leave The Mountain by van for a driving tour down river to Nikwasi, Immediately below select: Bartram Watauga, and Cowee, with the customary “repast” at Cowee—Cowee trail (teen/adult) for $225 and then select Mound, north of Franklin, NC on SR 28. the Next button below. On this page, you can purchase a Con- 6:00 . . . . Return to the Mountain ference T-shirt and pay your dues. This is 7:00 . . . . Dinner a great opportunity to renew your dues for Sunday the BTC! Select the “Next” button below and then you will need to provide infor- 9:00--1:00 . .Hike on The North Carolina Bartram Trail to Scaly Mountain mation on arrival and departure, lodging, Lunch and Tour of the Bartram Botanical Trail at the Highlands Bio- and whom you will room with. You can logical Station review all your selections, and then pro- ceed to Checkout for online payment. Note: if you are registering more than one person you will need to click the Add Par- ticipant button for each additional person and you will need to go through the same process as you did for the initial registrant, including adding a program for each new participant. The registration software does not automatically register each participant for the 2013 Bartram Trail Conference. For technical assistance with your online registration call 866-433-4548 For more information visit our website or contact our office at 828–526–5838 Angela Fay Martin, Brent Martin, and Debbie Boots inspecting Cowee Mound

2 The First Retail Sales of William Bartram’s Travels in Philadelphia and the Mystery of the Eight Extra Plates By Joel Fry duction to Harper’s “Naturalist Edition” The first subscription prospectus for of Travels in 1958. But Harper remained William Bartram’s Travels was announced arlier this year Nancy Hoffmann, unsure about when Travels was published by the Philadelphia printer Enoch Story, Bill Cahill, Jim Green of the Li- in Philadelphia—“sometime after August Jr. in 1786, and the proposed octavo book braryE Company of Philadelphia, and I 26, 1791” or how many copies might have was to be priced “One Dollar in blue had some back and forth discussion via been printed—“It would be surprising if boards” with three shilling and nine pence e-mail about the publication of William more than a thousand copies of the 1791 paid on subscribing. All the subscrip- Bartram’s Travels in Philadelphia in 1791. edition were ever sold.” The copyright tion locations Story listed in his proposal This led Jim to search through digital notice at the front of the Philadelphia were Philadelphia booksellers. Little is versions of a number of historic Phila- edition of Travels, records the book (or known why this first effort failed. About delphia newspapers, and he discovered maybe only the title) was registered in the all that is known is Story wrote Benjamin what seems to be the first advertisement District of Pennsylvania “on the twenty- Franklin in 1786 to enlist his support for offering Bartram’s book for retail sale. sixth day of August, in the sixteenth year the subscription, and by the end of 1787 The Philadelphia printer and bookseller of the Independence of the United States something had gone wrong, possibly fi- Thomas Dobson announced Travels for of America”—which is August 26, 1791. nancial, or possibly but not certainly a sale January 4, 1792 in the newspaper The The discovery of this January 4, 1792 result of interference by young Benjamin Mail or Claypoole’s Daily Advertiser: ad brings to light when the general pub- Smith Barton. lic could first buy copies of the new book. In 1790 a new printing partnership Just Published Sold by Thomas Subscribers may have got their pre-paid of James & Johnson in Philadelphia Dobson, BARTRAM’s TRAV- copies slightly before this date, at the end launched a new subscription effort. The ELS Into the back Parts of North of 1791. This ad also finally solves the prospective book doubled in price—“two and , Georgia, and mystery of the eight large engraved il- Spanish milled dollars, in an handsome East and West Florida, with a lustrations labeled “Bart. Journ.” that ap- octavo volume, neatly bound and let- number of elegant Engravings. pear folded into a few rare copies of the tered.” The new prospectus asked for sub- Price Two Dollars. 1791 edition of William Bartram’s Trav- scriptions for 200 copies before the print- N. B. Those Gentlemen who may els. These “Extra Plates,” engraved from ing would begin. And in the second effort chuse to have the extra Plates, drawings by William Bartram, were part subscriptions were taken in Philadelphia, (eight in number) maybe supplied of the original publication of the book New York, Charleston, South Carolina, with them, either plain or coloured, in Philadelphia. But they were a more and Worcester, Massachusetts, “and the By Thomas Dobson expensive option for “Those Gentlemen principal book-sellers on the Continent.” RW who may chuse”—and from the very, very This suggests there were at least 200 sub- Jan. 3. 3 few known examples of these extra illus- scribers and maybe the full run of the first This short advertisement adds a great deal trations; few people choose to pay for the edition might have been 400 or 500 cop- of new and significant information to the extra plates. ies, but no one really knows. few facts that have been available about Thomas Dobson, the advertiser, was Until now, it has never been known the publication of William Bartram’s one of the best known booksellers and that Travels was marketed in Philadelphia book. publisher/printers in Philadelphia at the in three versions: the subscription version Much of the available story of the publi- end of the 18th century. Dobson did not with eight small engraved illustrations cation of Travels was gathered together by either publish or print William Bartram’s and a map; and in two versions of a de- Francis Harper over the course of his re- Travels, but he seems to be the first to luxe or extra illustrated edition with eight search on Bartram from the 1930s–1950s. offer copies of the book for retail sale— additional large engraved natural history Harper wrote an article for the American likely after copies were distributed to the illustrations, either plain or colored. Philosophical Society Library Bulletin for subscribers. According to Jim Green’s A few rare copies of the extra-illustrat- 1945 that detailed what he had discov- search through Philadelphia newspapers, ed version of the first edition of Travels ered about the two successive subscrip- no one else advertised Travels for sale un- have been known for some time. William tion efforts to get Travels in print from til June 1792 when it appeared in a list Bartram gave an uncolored copy with the 1786 and 1790. And a summary of the of the printer and book dealer Mathew extra plates to the Darby Library Compa- same chronology appeared in the intro- Carey, along with other book titles. continued on page 4

3 ny in 1793 (now at the Library Company of Philadelphia), and a colored copy with the extra plates owned by William’s friend Using the story of a rock-star William Hamilton of The Woodlands is now at the Morton Arboretum Library. Another copy with extra plates may be naturalist to drive tourism By Ron Cunningham at Cornell University, and an unbound and once waded ashore to kill a very large colored set of the extra plates was owned ALATKA -- Before there was John rattlesnake on the banks of the St. Johns by Benjamin Smith Bartram (now at the Muir, before there was Archie Carr, River at the request of the local Semi- APS Library). These few extra-illustrated Pthere was William Bartram. A rock star noles. Why, Indiana Jones himself hated copies of Travels have been considered a among naturalists. and feared snakes. mystery or ignored. Francis Harper writ- He was the son of a Royal Botanist who Bartram was a personal friend of Long ing in 1946 thought the extra illustrations went on to eclipse his father, John. Warrior, the “King of the Seminoles.” were only engravers proofs, and “never He wrote perhaps the first scientific And he rubbed elbows with Long published.” book ever published in the Colonies, his Warrior’s brother, Cowkeeper, who, I sup- This new advertisement from January wildly popular Travels, in 1791. pose, you might call the Prince of Paynes 1792 confirms that the eight extra plates He ventured from civilized Philadel- Prairie. were published and were considered a lux- phia to the East Florida wilderness on a Cowkeeper nicknamed Bartram “Puc- ury option for the first edition. This two voyage of discovery to draw and record puggy,” flower hunter. or multi-tiered mode of publishing books subtropical flora and fauna that few of his I’m just saying that the man rocked. was a common practice in Europe. The contemporaries had ever seen. “There was no more popular naturalist $2 subscription fee did not cover these He eluded mean-tempered alligators continued on page 5 extra illustrations, so a question remains, who funded the engraving and printing of these extra plates—the publishers, or Bartram: “Franklinia alatamaha” (Frank- copies we can find from the first Philadel- William Bartram himself or a wealthy lin tree, Franklinia alatamaha); “Aesculus phia edition of William Bartram’s Trav- sponsor? Travels was an expensive sub- polygamia” (bottlebrush buckeye, Aesculus els. There is an often-repeated sense that scription book, and likely expensive to parviflora); “Anonymos” (gopher apple, Travels on its first appearance in Philadel- put in print. Eight quarto format engrav- Licania michauxii) and “Kalmea celiata” phia in 1791was a failure, and in part this ings added a substantial expense. The rare (hairy laurel, Kalmia hirsuta); “Bignonia idea comes from Francis Harper’s many copies of the book with the extra plates bracteata” (fevertree, Pinckneya bracteata); writings. But there really aren’t facts avail- suggest it was an expensive experiment “Magnolia awriculata” (mountain magno- able to demonstrate much about success in multi-tiered publishing in the young lia, Magnolia fraseri); “Oenothera gran- or failure. A census of copies of the 1791 United States that failed. At present there diflora” (largeflower evening-primrose, edition in libraries and private hands may is no evidence that these eight extra plates Oenothera grandiflora); and two untitled produce a better estimate of how many for the first editions of Bartram’s Trav- plates of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus copies were printed for the first edition, els ever made it to Europe, and none of polyphemus). and may help demonstrate who owned the many European editions of Travels There isn’t room to reproduce all eight and read William Bartram’s book. And ever included these extra illustrations. extra plates here, but they have been put we may turn up a few more copies with The standard Philadelphia subscription in print recently in several places and the extra plates. version of the first edition was copied in are easiest to find in Tom Hallock and We will eventually have a form and London in 1792, and all the subsequent Nancy Hoffmann’s edition William Bar- likely a web link where information on European editions likely copied from the tram, the Search for Nature’s Design, Uni- copies from the first edition can be sub- first London edition. Ironically, copies of versity of Georgia Press: 2010, where mitted. Anyone interested can send an the extra plates might have found a more they were reproduced together on pages e-mail about known copies of the 1791 willing audience among wealthy collec- 293–301, as figures 69–76. The unbound Travels to me at Bartram’s Garden: jfry@ tors in Europe. set at the American Philosophical Soci- bartramsgarden.org. All eight of the extra plates are signed ety once owned by Dr. Benjamin Smith “W. Bartram Delin. Trenchard Sculp.”— Barton can also be viewed through the References meaning that original illustrations by APS Digital Collections http://diglib. Harper, Francis William Bartram (the originals are now amphilsoc.org/collections/graphics but it “Proposals for Publishing Bartram’s Trav- lost) were engraved on copper plates by takes some searching to pull them out of els,” American Philosophical Society Library James Trenchard, a well-known Philadel- the many William Bartram illustrations Bulletin for 1945, (1946), p. 27-38. phia engraver, who also signed the fron- and engravings in the Violetta Delafield- The Travels of William Bartram: Natural- tispiece engraving of the “Long Warrior” Benjamin Smith Barton Collection. ist’s Edition. edited by Frances Harper. for Travels. Even before discovery of this 1792 ad- Yale University Press: New Haven, CT, The eight extra plates include the fol- vertisement, Nancy Hoffman, Bill Cahill, 1958. lowing species as published by William and I were planning a census of all the

4 than Mr. Bartram,” is the way Sam Carr memorate Puc-puggy’s encounter with voyage down the grand St. Johns,” Bar- puts it in a near reverential tone. Cowkeeper. tram wrote of his Travels. And Carr ought to know because he There is under construction a web- William Bartram was here. The St. is the chair of Putnam County’s Bartram site devoted to Bartram’s writings and Johns flows on still. Trails Committee. observations about Florida’s great, slow, Ron Cunningham is former editorial page As a matter of historical record, Wil- north-flowing river. There are designated editor of The Sun and executive director of liam Bartram was also Florida’s first kayak trails and hiking paths that enable Bike Florida. “ecotourist.” And on at least four occa- modern-day naturalists to trace Bartram’s sions between 1765 and 1774, he passed movements from Beecher’s Point, to Copyright © 2013 Gainesville.com — All through what is now Palatka on his expe- Mount Royal, to Lake George, to Drayton rights reserved. Used with permission. ditions up and down the St. Johns and as Island, to Salt Springs and points north far west as the great Alachua Savannah, and south. There are ambitions to bring near present-day Gainesville. water taxies to the riverfront. And to tie Bartram’s unofficial headquarters was it all together posted QR codes along the Alexander Wilson: The Scot Spalding’s Lower Store, near Palatka’s way will enable travelers equipped with Who Founded American Stoke’s Landing. And he is known to have smartphones to take self-guided, virtual Ornithology indulged in the occasional smoke and Bartram tours. watermelon feast with the locals in the Putnam County is coming relatively Edward H. Burtt, Jr. course of his jaunts up and down river. late to the Bartram Trail market. There William E. Davis, Jr. “Here being seated or reclining our- are trails and markers and monuments udubon was not the father of Amer- selves after smoking tobacco, baskets of dedicated to Bartram that stretch from ican ornithology. That honorific be- the choicest fruits were brought and set Philadelphia, through the Carolinas and longsA to Alexander Wilson, whose ency- before us,” he wrote. beyond. clopedic American Ornithology established These days, Bartram’s life and times But Carr argues that the great body a distinctive approach that emphasized matter a great deal to Carr and others of Bartram’s most meaningful work was the observation of live birds. In the first who live in and around this struggling pa- done right here in Northeast Florida. full-length study to reproduce all of per mill town. On the St. Johns. And that Palatka is, by Wilson’s unpublished drawings for the Because they believe that Palatka’s and rights, Bartram Central. nine-volume Ornithology, Edward Burtt Putnam County’s economic destiny can “We want to make this an adventure,” and William Davis illustrate Wilson’s be rebuilt on a base of nature and history he says of Putnam County’s ambition to pioneering and, today, underappreciated tourism. On greenways and blueways; be the nature-and-trails hub of Florida achievement as the first ornithologist to hiking, biking and paddling paths. And, ecotourism. “We want people to be able describe the birds of the North American mostly, on an insatiable human curiosity to retrace his steps.” wilderness. to learn more about those who came here If Carr is right, it might be the begin- Abandoning early ambitions to be- before us and what they did and why. ning of an economic renaissance for this come a poet in the mold of his country- “We own it, this is our history,” Carr small city on a great river. man Robert Burns, Wilson emigrated says. According to National Geographic, 55 from Scotland to settle near Philadelphia, Admittedly, this is something of a leap million Americans can now be accurately where the botanist William Bartram en- of faith in a state that built its tourism described as “geotourists.” couraged his proclivity for art and natural empire on theme parks and golf courses “These travelers have ceaseless expecta- and beach condos and outlet malls. tions for unique and culturally authentic But bringing Bartram back to life, tell- travel experiences that protect and pre- ing his story in an interesting and com- serve the ecological and cultural environ- pelling fashion, is already something of ment,” National Geographic says. “These a cottage industry around here. It is also groups are different, but all are affluent, an enterprise that has joined together in travel frequently, and have strong geot- common cause the city of Palatka, Put- ourism inclinations.” nam County, the St. Johns Water Man- Listen, nobody says you have to come agement District, the Florida Council for down here and wrestle alligators or kill the Humanities, local business and civic rattlesnakes to earn your ecotourist spurs. organizations, environmentalists and oth- But you don’t have to linger very long ers. on the banks of this broad, eternal river To help enlighten the curious there will to sense that William Bartram was onto be a Bartram Headquarters kiosk erected something when he left the comforts of not far from where the lower store was lo- home and set his sights on this magnifi- cated. There are miles of marked bicycle cent wilderness we are this 500th anniver- and driving routes—including a 100-mile sary year calling “La Florida.” circuit to Paynes Prairie and back to com- “We had a pleasant and prosperous

5 history. Wilson traveled 12,000 miles on means of knowing nature were reversed— foot, on horseback, in a rowboat, and by in which artistic and artisanal culture stage and ship, establishing a network of informed scientific interpretations of the observers along the way. He wrote hun- natural world—forms a central theme of dreds of accounts of indigenous birds, dis- this pioneering publication. covered many new species, and sketched the behavior and ecology of each species Two chapters of special note: he encountered. —Amy Meyers “From Nature and Mem- Drawing on their expertise in both sci- ory: William Bartram’s Drawings of ence and art, Burtt and Davis show how North American Flora and Fauna” Wilson defied eighteenth-century con- —Joel T. Fry, “America’s ‘Ancient Gar- ventions of biological illustration by striv- den’: The Bartram Botanic Garden, 1728– ing for realistic depiction of birds in their 1850” native habitats. He drew them in poses Amy R. W. Meyers is Director of the Yale meant to facilitate identification, mak- Center for British Art. ing his work the model for modern field generally assumed to have been at play in Lisa L. Ford is Associate Head of Re- guides and an inspiration for Audubon, the study of nature, from the natural sci- search at the Yale Center for British Art. Spencer Fullerton Baird, and other natu- ences through the fine and decorative arts, ralists who followed. On the bicentennial 9 ½ by 12, 432 pages, 325 color illustra- and, ultimately, popular and material cul- of his death, this beautifully illustrated tions, $65.00 ture. Indeed, the many ways in which the volume is a fitting tribute to Alexander Wilson and his unique contributions to ornithology, ecology, and the study of ani- mal behavior. Bartram Trail Conference 2013 Biennial Meeting Edward H. Burtt, Jr., is Cincinnati Conference Professor of Zoology at Ohio Wesleyan University. William E. Davis, Jr. is Professor Important! Emeritus at Boston University. 6 3/8 x 9 ¼, 464 pages, 146 color illustra­ Call for Silent Auction Items tions/6 tables. $35.00 There will be a Silent Auction at the meeting in October! All proceeds will go to support the Bartram Trail Conference. Knowing Nature: Art and Here is the procedure! Science in Philadelphia, Donate outdoor, natural history or Bartram-related items that our members 1740-1840 might like to bid on. Donate from your own collection, buy specifically for this auction, arrange to have them donated through your business of business Edited by Amy R. W. Meyers; with the as- associates, collect it off the beach..... These can range from relatively minor to sistance of Lisa L. Ford fairly expensive. A tax letter verifying your gift will be provided, upon request. hiladelphia developed the most ac- Here are some Idea’s from previous auctions: tive scientific community in early • Framed color poster of the town of Yuchi • Hand-blown Williamsburg reproduction PAmerica, fostering an influential group as it appeared when Bartram visited bottle of naturalist-artists, including William • 1928 Birds of Florida book • Antique clay jug from Alabama Bartram, Charles Wilson Peale, Alexan- • • der Wilson, and John James Audubon, Franklinia tile trivet Any Bartram or Bartram site related • Give basket of souvenirs from Florida book whose work has been addressed by many • monographic studies. However, as the • Hand drawn, matted copy of one of Coffee-table book on Alabama Rivers • th groundbreaking essays in Knowing Nature Bartram’s drawings Prints and paintings on nature or 18 demonstrate, the examination of nature • Lighting whelk shell century historic subjects stimulated not only forms of artistic pro- • Pair of alligator salt shakers duction traditionally associated with sci- entific practice of the day, but processes of Please let me know what you are bringing: making not ordinarily linked to science. Contact: TRHenderson The often surprisingly intimate connec- Cell Phone: 229-255-1395 tions between and among these creative E-mail: [email protected] activities and the objects they engendered Address: 720 South Main Street, Headland, AL 36345 are explored through the essays in this book, challenging the hierarchy that is

6 ollowing Bartrams’ Foo tsteps f in the Contemporary Botani cal Artists Explore the Bartrams’ Legacy

A Traveling Exhibition of the American Society of Botanical Artists

xhibition on iew E V 54th Street and Lindbergh Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW, Atlanta, GA April 26–May 24, 2013 March 17–June 17, 2014

201 10th Street West, Bradenton, FL September 19–December, 30 2013 100 Old Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC August 30–November 2, 2014

ohn Bartram and his family influenced generations of artists and explorers, by modeling passionate observation Jand discovery of nature. e American Society of Botanical Artists, in collaboration with Bartram’s Garden in Philadelphia, PA, has curated an exhibition of original contemporary botanical artworks depicting plants discovered and introduced by the Bartrams, American pioneers in botany and horticulture. Focusing on the native plant discoveries made by John and William Bartram in their travels throughout the eastern wilderness between the 1730’s and 1790’s, the exhibition of forty-four original artworks allows a fresh look at their seminal body of knowledge and art. An illustrated, full-color booklet has been published to elucidate the exhibition’s artworks and their links to John and William Bartram. Individual artwork captions and introductory panels help viewers interpret this important history, as well as the role contemporary artists play in depicting these plants for today’s audience and preserving their record for generations to come.

Franklinia alatamaha (detail), © Karen Kluglein, watercolor on vellum, 2012

❂ For more information, contact Carol Woodin, Director of Exhibitions A M E RICAN S OCIETY American Society of Botanical Artists Of B OTANICAL at A R TISTS 866.691.9080 [email protected] www.asba-art.org

Image (detail) top left ©Dick Rauh, Franklinia alatamaha, watercolor on paper, 2009 The Traveller c/o Anne Hurst 138 N Chaparral Dt Hull, GA 30646