COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
35262
accession_no
35262
Accession number
false
Record number:
35262-1
record_number
35262-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
E775 A895h / 1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
E775 A895h / 1-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Allegorical image of America]
image_title
[Allegorical image of America]
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Fassier
creator1
Fassier
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
Inv.
creator1_role
Inv.
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
Palas
creator2
Palas
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 role:
Sculp.
creator2_role
Sculp.
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
[Paris?]
place_image_published
[Paris?]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Pierre-François Didot jeune]
image_publisher
[Pierre-François Didot jeune]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1775]
image_date
[1775]
Image date
false
Image function:
frontispiece; vol. 1
image_function
frontispiece; vol. 1
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
19.2 cm.
image_dimensions_height
19.2 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
15.2 cm.
image_dimensions_width
15.2 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
25.2 cm.
page_dimensions_height
25.2 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
19.8 cm.
page_dimensions_width
19.8 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Native American woman wearing feathered headdress and ornaments representing America rests her arm on a portrait of Fusée Aublet. Cultural artifacts include a ceremonial club, bow and arrows, and spear. Botanical elements include varieties of palm trees and cacti. Also includes examples of the fruit of these plants.
description
Native American woman wearing feathered headdress and ornaments representing America rests her arm on a portrait of Fusée Aublet. Cultural artifacts include a ceremonial club, bow and arrows, and spear. Botanical elements include varieties of palm trees and cacti. Also includes examples of the fruit of these plants.
Description
false
Source creator:
Aublet, Fusée, 1720-1778
source_creator
Aublet, Fusée, 1720-1778
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise ... Tome premier
source_title
Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise ... Tome premier
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Londres [i.e., Paris?]
source_place_of_publication
Londres [i.e., Paris?]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Chez Pierre-François Didot jeune, Libraire de la Faculté de Médecine, Quai des Augustins
source_publisher
Chez Pierre-François Didot jeune, Libraire de la Faculté de Médecine, Quai des Augustins
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M. DCC. LXXV. [1775]
source_date
M. DCC. LXXV. [1775]
Source date
false
notes:
Jean Baptiste Christian (or Christophe) Fusée Aublet's book is considered one of the great botanical works of the 18th century. He described over 400 new species and 208 genera using Linnaeus' recently introduced binomial system of naming living organisms. Fusée Aublet is recognized as one of the founders of ethnobotany.
notes
Jean Baptiste Christian (or Christophe) Fusée Aublet's book is considered one of the great botanical works of the 18th century. He described over 400 new species and 208 genera using Linnaeus' recently introduced binomial system of naming living organisms. Fusée Aublet is recognized as one of the founders of ethnobotany.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Visual categories:
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
visual_categories
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
Visual categories
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
Commentary:
commentary
<a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a>
Commentary
false
geographic area:
Guianas
geographic_areas
Guianas
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--French Guyana
subject_heads
Natural history--French Guyana
Subject headings
false