American Museum of Natural History Research Library
author: American Museum of Natural History

Plant Portraits (Exhibition)
birth: 1956 March 14
death: 1956 April 4
Exhibition. Opened March 14, 1956 and closed April 4, 1956. Located in the Corner Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. "Plant Portraits" featured 50 paintings of pharmaceutical plants by Ida Hrubesky Pemberton.
Summary
"Plant Portraits" featured 50 paintings of pharmaceutical plants by Ida Hrubesky Pemberton. The paintings offered the layman an opportunity to see the source of many well-known medicines. The paintings were owned by the University of Colorado Museum at Boulder, and the exhibition was circulated throughout the country under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service. The exhibition was on view in the Corner Gallery of the American Museum of Natural History from March 14 through April 4, 1956.
Individuals and institutions involved in the creation of the exhibition: University of Colorado Museum at Boulder; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.