Title: The Torner collection of Sessé and Mociño biological illustrations
Description: "CD-ROM of 1989 full-color digital reproductions of watercolor drawings from the Spanish Royal Expedition to New Spain 1787-1803 in the collection of the Hunt Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, with catalogue and historical introduction...Full instructions for navigating the CD-ROM are provided on the disk. Find artworks by accession number, subject, transcription or notes. Also offered is the Curator's Choice, an interesting and beautiful selection of 100 paintings that were exhibited at the Hunt Institute shortly after the collection was acquired"--Accompanying folded sheet.
Subjects: Catalogs, Art collections, Botanical illustration, Natural history illustration, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Real Expedición Botánica a Nueva España (1787-1803) (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82211608 (uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n82211608
Places: Mexico
People: Martin Sessé (-1809), José Mariano Moziño (1757-1820), Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy, Juan de Dios Vicente de la Cerda, Jaime Torner Pannocchia, Luis Torner Pannocchia