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| Collectors: | Horne, Frances Worth, 1873-1967. | |
| Title: | Frances W. Horne Papers (PP) | |
| Dates: | 1924-1966 | |
| Dates: | 1930-1935 | |
| Quantity: | 7.5 linear inches; 2 boxes | |
| Call Phrase: | Horne (PP) | |
Frances Worth Horne (1873-1967) was a botanical illustrator who composed watercolors of Puerto Rican flora for Nathaniel Lord Britton's unfinished work, Flora Borinquena. She was born in Watkins Glen, New York and obtained a bachelor's degree from Ohio State University and a master's degree in languages from Cornell University. She began her career as professor of classical languages at Westminster College in Colorado. She and her husband, Charles E. Horne, relocated to Puerto Rico in 1918 where they lived until Mr. Horne died in 1963. During her years on the island she created hundreds of watercolor illustrations of its flora and bird life, and her botanical artwork gained an international reputation.
In 1922 Mrs. Horne wrote to Britton expressing her interest in contributing watercolors of Puerto Rican flowering plants to The Botany of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. He was unable to include her illustrations in this publication, but she eventually contributed her artwork to the NYBG journal, Addisonia. At Britton's death in 1934, Flora Borinquena was left unfinished though Mrs. Horne had completed over 700 watercolors of native and naturalized Puerto Rican plant species for the work. In 1963, Mrs. Horne presented her collection as a gift to the NYBG. She also painted the Caribbean bird life and contributed illustrations to Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (1967) by Elbert Little, Frank Wadsworth, and Jose Marrero. She died at the age of 94 in Albany, New York.
The Frances Horne Papers consists of photocopied typescripts, correspondence, research notes, and related artwork One typescript is collected in a bound volume. The artwork has been separated from the collection and transferred to the NYBG Art & Illustration Collection #35.
This collection is open for research with permission from Mertz Library staff.
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection should be submitted in writing to the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden.
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| The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. | ||
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| Botanical Artists. | ||
| Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934. | ||
| Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934. Flora Borinquena. | ||
| Cactaceae--Puerto Rico. | ||
| Horne, Frances Worth, 1873-1967--Archives. | ||
| New York Botanical Garden Archives. | ||
| New York Botanical Garden--Exhibitions. | ||
| Plants--Puerto Rico--Illustrations. | ||
New York Botanical Garden
PP-- Percy Wilson Papers
RG4-- Nathaniel Lord Britton Records
Frances W. Horne Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden.
This collection was a gift of Frances W. Horne.
Originally processed by David Rose, Archives Assistant, May 1999 with grant funding from The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 23141-98) and the Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation. Converted to EAD in June 2006 by Kathleene Konkle under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) PA-50678-04.
| Series 4. Botanical Illustrations. |
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Scope and Content: All artwork has been transferred to the NYBG Art & Illustration Collection #35. |
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