Ellen Isham Schutt
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Ellen Isham Schutt was an early 20th-century American botanical illustrator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Her work now forms part of the USDA National Agricultural Library's Pomological Wate
Ellen Isham Schutt
Watercolor of pecans (Carya illinoinensis) by Ellen Isham Schutt ca. 1904–14. Varieties shown include Taylor, Kennedy, Hodge, Bolton, and Carman.
Watercolor of lemons (Citrus limon) by Ellen Isham Schutt, 1910, showing red rot from five months of cold storage.
Grave of Schutt at Columbia Gardens Cemetery
J. Marion Shull
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James Marion Shull was an American botanist known for his iris and daylily cultivars and botanical illustrations. Shull came from a family that produced several prominent biologists. His brothers incl
Ellen Isham Schutt
…Agriculture between 1904 and 1914, part of a select cadre of illustrators that included Deborah Griscom Passmore, Amanda Newton, Royal Charles Steadman, J. Marion Shull, and Elsie Lower. During this period, she painted over 700 watercolors of fruits and nuts for the USDA. Her subjects ranged from the common (apples…
Watercolor of pineapple (Ananas comosus) by J. Marion Shull, 1919.
Watercolor of Rome apple by J. Marion Shull.