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:
65-190
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65-190
Accession number
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Record number:
65-190-8
record_number
65-190-8
Record number
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JCB call number:
D797 B993 /3-SIZE
jcb_call_no
D797 B993 /3-SIZE
JCB call number
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Image title:
No. VIII. Acacia mimosa; or Acacie bush. ... Drawn with the above. Solanum virginiacum; or Cankerberry... .
image_title
No. VIII. Acacia mimosa; or Acacie bush. ... Drawn with the above. Solanum virginiacum; or Cankerberry... .
Image title
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image date:
[1797]
image_date
[1797]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate VIII
image_function
plate VIII
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
technique
engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
29.8 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_height
29.8 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
24.6 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_width
24.6 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
48.2 cm.
page_dimensions_height
48.2 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
29 cm.
page_dimensions_width
29 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink, colors
materials_medium
ink, colors
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Inscription:
No. 8
inscription
No. 8
Inscription
false
Description:
Branch of a shrub with bipinnate leaves, thorns, and yellow flowers. Acacia mimosa is described [in table of contents] as: "A Species of sensitive Plant, the yellow Blossom which it bears, exhales a fine Smell. Its Seeds are contained in a Pod or Ligamen, and when half ripe, is a strong Cement. The main Stem being wounded, produces a transparent Gum." Behind the banch of the acacia is the cankerberry, a thorny plant with berries and white flowers. The cankerberry is described [in table of contents] as: "Branch of a small evergreen shrub having white aromatic bark, leathery alternate leaves, and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes."
description
Branch of a shrub with bipinnate leaves, thorns, and yellow flowers. Acacia mimosa is described [in table of contents] as: "A Species of sensitive Plant, the yellow Blossom which it bears, exhales a fine Smell. Its Seeds are contained in a Pod or Ligamen, and when half ripe, is a strong Cement. The main Stem being wounded, produces a transparent Gum." Behind the banch of the acacia is the cankerberry, a thorny plant with berries and white flowers. The cankerberry is described [in table of contents] as: "Branch of a small evergreen shrub having white aromatic bark, leathery alternate leaves, and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes."
Description
false
Source creator:
Byam, Lydia, fl. 1797 - 1800
source_creator
Byam, Lydia, fl. 1797 - 1800
Source creator
false
Source Title:
A collection of exotics, from the island of Antigua
source_title
A collection of exotics, from the island of Antigua
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
[London]
source_place_of_publication
[London]
Source place of publication
false
Source date:
[1797]
source_date
[1797]
Source date
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notes:
1.) The flowers of the acacia are grown for perfume. 2.) Solanum is a large genus which includes the potato and nightshade. Caribbean traditional medicine uses cankerberry to treat thrush in infants. Image title taken from table of contents.
notes
1.) The flowers of the acacia are grown for perfume. 2.) Solanum is a large genus which includes the potato and nightshade. Caribbean traditional medicine uses cankerberry to treat thrush in infants. Image title taken from table of contents.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1967.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1967.
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
<a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a>
Commentary
false
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Botany--Pictorial works
subject_heads
Botany--Pictorial works
Subject headings
false