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Deborah Griscom Passmore watercolor album

The Deborah Griscom Passmore Watercolor Album contains 61 original watercolor paintings signed by Passmore, as well as several signed sketches, unsigned works, and two watercolors signed by another artist, Dora Paxon. The artworks depict flowering plants. Most of them have handwritten annotations of the flower's botanical name, initialed or signed by botanist E. L. (Edward Lee) Greene. The front of the album contains an anonymous, typescript biography of Passmore. Following the biography is a brief, handwritten note detailing Passmore's death, signed by Carrie Harrison. (Harrison's relationship to Passmore is unknown, but she may have been a botanist in the Bureau of Plant Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture.) Three newspaper obituaries about Passmore are attached to the end of the typescript, below Carrie Harrison's signature. There is also an undated photograph of Deborah Griscom Passmore housed with the album · 2 linear feet (1 box) : 40 x 50 cm · Chiefly illustrations · Title supplied by archivist · Deborah Griscom Passmore (1840-1911) was an artist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Division of Pomology for 19 years. While her work for USDA focused on fruits,

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