COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
03603
accession_no
03603
Accession number
false
Record number:
03603-2
record_number
03603-2
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D672 J84n (copy 1)
jcb_call_no
D672 J84n (copy 1)
JCB call number
false
Image title:
A Branch of the Humming Bird Tree.
image_title
A Branch of the Humming Bird Tree.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[G. Widdowes]
image_publisher
[G. Widdowes]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1672]
image_date
[1672]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; p.73
image_function
plate; p.73
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
technique
woodcut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
11 cm.
image_dimensions_height
11 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
6.3 cm.
image_dimensions_width
6.3 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
13.6 cm.
page_dimensions_height
13.6 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
8.3 cm.
page_dimensions_width
8.3 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English
languages
English
Languages
false
Description:
Jewelweed [?].
description
Jewelweed [?].
Description
false
Source creator:
Josselyn, John, fl. 1630-1675
source_creator
Josselyn, John, fl. 1630-1675
Source creator
false
Source Title:
New-Englands rarities discovered: in birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, and plants of that country
source_title
New-Englands rarities discovered: in birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, and plants of that country
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for G. Widdowes at the Green Dragon in St. Pauls Church yard
source_publisher
Printed for G. Widdowes at the Green Dragon in St. Pauls Church yard
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1672
source_date
1672
Source date
false
notes:
This plant, described in the text as being a pale green plant the hummingbird feeds upon, is about two feet high, with hollow stems and yellow flowers. Jewelweed, Impatiens capensis, attracts hummingbirds.
notes
This plant, described in the text as being a pale green plant the hummingbird feeds upon, is about two feet high, with hollow stems and yellow flowers. Jewelweed, Impatiens capensis, attracts hummingbirds.
notes
false
Time Period:
1651-1700
time_period
1651-1700
Time Period
false
References:
Lindholdt, P. J., ed. John Josselyn, Colonial Traveler, p. 43n; http://www.usi.edu/… (May 2003)
references_
Lindholdt, P. J., ed. John Josselyn, Colonial Traveler, p. 43n; http://www.usi.edu/science/biology/TwinSwamps/Impatiens_capensis.htm (May 2003)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1866.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1866.
Provenance/Donor
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
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Commentary
false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--New England
subject_heads
Natural history--New England
Subject headings
false