COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
mediaCollectionId
JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
72-28
accession_no
72-28
Accession number
false
Record number:
72-28-1
record_number
72-28-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
E799 T435m
jcb_call_no
E799 T435m
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Cacto cochonilheiro
image_title
Cacto cochonilheiro
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Lisbon]
place_image_published
[Lisbon]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Simão Thaddeo Ferreira]
image_publisher
[Simão Thaddeo Ferreira]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1799]
image_date
[1799]
Image date
false
Image function:
frontispiece
image_function
frontispiece
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
technique
engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
12.5 cm.
image_dimensions_height
12.5 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
7.5 cm.
image_dimensions_width
7.5 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
14.8 cm.
page_dimensions_height
14.8 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
8.6 cm.
page_dimensions_width
8.6 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
Languages:
Portuguese
languages
Portuguese
Languages
false
Description:
Prickly pear or nopal cactus and cochineal insect. Includes cactus flowers.
description
Prickly pear or nopal cactus and cochineal insect. Includes cactus flowers.
Description
false
Source creator:
Thiéry de Menonville, Nicolas-Joseph, 1739-1780
source_creator
Thiéry de Menonville, Nicolas-Joseph, 1739-1780
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Traité de la culture du nopal et de l'éducation de la conchenille. Portuguese] Memoria sobre a cultura da urumbeba, e sobre a criação da cochonilha extrahida por M. Bertholet das observações feitas em Guaxaca
source_title
[Traité de la culture du nopal et de l'éducation de la conchenille. Portuguese] Memoria sobre a cultura da urumbeba, e sobre a criação da cochonilha extrahida por M. Bertholet das observações feitas em Guaxaca
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Lisboa [Lisbon]
source_place_of_publication
Lisboa [Lisbon]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Na Of. de Simão Thaddeo Ferreira
source_publisher
Na Of. de Simão Thaddeo Ferreira
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M. DCC. XCIX. [1799]
source_date
M. DCC. XCIX. [1799]
Source date
false
notes:
Cochineal (Dactytopius confusus) belongs to a group of insects called scales which feeds on the prickly pear or nopal cactus. The Aztecs developed a dye made from the dried insect.
notes
Cochineal (Dactytopius confusus) belongs to a group of insects called scales which feeds on the prickly pear or nopal cactus. The Aztecs developed a dye made from the dried insect.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1972.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1972.
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
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Dyes and dyeing--Mexico--History
subject_heads
Dyes and dyeing--Mexico--History
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Cochineal insect
subject_heads
Cochineal insect
Subject headings
false