Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [upper left No. 50] [The Ivy-tree of Virginia.] [upper right No. 48] [The Trumpet-creeper or Cross vine.] [lower left No. 49] [The Trumpet-flower.] [lower right No. 47] [The Catalpa-tree.]
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Accession number:
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35263
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Record number:
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35263-1
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JCB call number:
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A31a
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Image title:
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[upper left No. 50] [The Ivy-tree of Virginia.] [upper right No. 48] [The Trumpet-creeper or Cross vine.] [lower left No. 49] [The Trumpet-flower.] [lower right No. 47] [The Catalpa-tree.]
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[J. Millan]
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Image date:
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[1767]
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Image function:
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plates 50, 48, 49, 47; following p. 24
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Technique:
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engraving, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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26.2 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
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26.5 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
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36.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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27 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink, colors
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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Flowers, seeds, and leaves of four trees and vines.
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Source creator:
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Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749
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Source Title:
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Hortus Europae Americanus: or, a collection of 85 curious trees and shrubs, the produce of North America
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed for J. Millan, near Whitehall
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Source date:
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M DCC LXVII [1767]
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notes:
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No. 50 is identified in text as Chamaedaphne foliis tini, floribus bullatis umbellatis or the Ivy-tree of Virginia; it may be Kalmia latifolia, commonly known as mountain laurel. No. 48 is identified in text as Bignonia Americana Capreolis donant filiqua breviore; it is probably Bignonia capreolata; commonly known as cross vine. No. 49 is identified in text as Bignonia fraxini foliis, coccineo flore minore or the Trumpet-flower; it is Campsis radicans, commonly known as the trumpet vine or creeper. No. 47 is identified in the text as Bignonia urucu foliis, flore sordidè albo, ... or the Catalpa-tree; it is Catalpa bignonioides, commonly known as the Catalpa or Indian Bean tree.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/Syllabus2/bcapreolata.htm; http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/cradicans.htm; http://bluehen.ags.udel.edu/udbg/trees/descriptions/c_bignonioides.html (June 2003)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 2003.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Commentary:
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geographic area:
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North America
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--North America
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