> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 797](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333936) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9983-1) LSID 9983-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3154777) QID Q3154777 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Sprague, Isaac (1811-1895), American botanical and zoological artist in Massachusetts, who worked for e.g. Audubon and Asa Gray. **Abbreviated name**: *I. Sprague* \[standard form in IPNI: *I.Sprague*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3:311 (b. 5 Sep 1811, d. 15 Mar 1895); BM 5: 1993; Bossert p. 378; Morren ed. 10, p. 123; NI 235 and see indexes; PH 164; TL-1/431, 432, 433, 435; TL-2/2124-2125, 2127, 2130-2131, 2133, 9658; Tucker 1: 664, 3: 291. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 63: 32. 1895 (d.); Bot. Gaz. 20: 237. 1895; Bot. Jahrb. 21 (Beibl. 53): 59. 1896 (d.; *Spraguea* Torrey); Bot. Not. 1896: 44 (d.); Gard. Forest 8: 130. 1895; J. Bot. 33: 313. 1895 (obit. not.). - Gray, J.L., Letters A. Gray 837 \[index\]. 1893. - Rodgers, A.D., William Starling Sullivant 180, 222. 1940; John Torrey 350 \[index\]. 1942. - Sutton, S.B., Charles Sprague Sargent 144. 1970. #### Composite works - (1) Illustrated A. Gray, *Gen. Amer. bor.*, 1848-1849, TL-2/2125. - (2) Illustrated A. Gray, *Manual* ed. 2, 1856 and following, TL-2/2124. - (3) Artist, A. Gray, *Pl. forest trees N. Amer.* 1891, TL-2/2133 (J. Bot. Oct 1891). - (4) Illustrated A. Gray, *Pl. wright*, 1852-1853, TL-2/2127. - (5) Illustrated A. Gray, *U.S. Expl. Exp., Atlas phan.*, 1856, 1857, TL-2/2130. - (6) Text illustrations, A. Gray, *First lessons* 1857 and subsequent editions, TL-2/2131. - (7) Plates (10) in A.B. Hervey, Wayflowers and ferns, Troy (Nims and Knight) 1887, 10 pl. with text. *Copies*: MO, PH. #### Eponymy *Spraguea* Torrey (1853). ### Publications ##### n.12.635. Wild flowers of America **Title** *Wild flowers of America*... Boston (S.E. Cassino, publisher) 1882. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Wild fl. Amer.* **Notes** *Author of text*: George Lincoln Goodale (1839-1923). *Publ*.: 1876-1882 (originally in parts of 4 plates with 8 pages text; part 1: J. Bot. Feb 1877; to be issued quarterly; later with irregular contents at irregular intervals), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-210, *pl. 1-50. Copies*: HH, MO, NY, PH. – Cover of part 1 with imprint: Boston (H.O. Houghton and Company), New York (Hurd and Houghton), Cambridge (the Riverside Press) copyright, 1876 by Isaac Sprague. ##### n.12.636. Flowers of the field and forest **Title** *Flowers of the field and forest*. From original water-color drawings after nature, by Isaac Sprague. Descriptive text by Rev. A.B. Hervey. With extracts from Longfellow, Lowell, Bryant, Emerson, and others. New York (Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.,...) 1882. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. field for.* **Notes** *Text*: Alpheus Baker Hervey (1839-1931), see also TL-2/2698. *Publ*.: 1882 (in parts? Our information is incomplete; Nat. Nov. Jan(1) 1883), p. \[1\]-154, *14 pl. Copy*: NY. – Possibly re-issued 1892; MO has a set of p. \[i-v\], with 9 plates and texts, Troy, N.Y. (Nims and Knight) 1892.