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:
01954
accession_no
01954
Accession number
false
Record number:
01954-2
record_number
01954-2
Record number
false
JCB call number:
E787 T438t (copy 1)
jcb_call_no
E787 T438t (copy 1)
JCB call number
false
Image title:
A Femelle de la Cochenille Sylvestre vüe en dessous et grossie Comme au Microscope.B Femelle de la Cochenille Sylvestre vüe en dessus et Grossie Comme au Microscope
image_title
A Femelle de la Cochenille Sylvestre vüe en dessous et grossie Comme au Microscope.B Femelle de la Cochenille Sylvestre vüe en dessus et Grossie Comme au Microscope
Image title
false
Creator 1:
g.S. de la haye
creator1
g.S. de la haye
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
pinxit.
creator1_role
pinxit.
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
[Cap-Français (Cap-Haïtien, Haiti), Paris, Bordeaux]
place_image_published
[Cap-Français (Cap-Haïtien, Haiti), Paris, Bordeaux]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[veuve Herbault..., Delalain..., Bergeret...]
image_publisher
[veuve Herbault..., Delalain..., Bergeret...]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1787]
image_date
[1787]
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate [2]; vol. 2, at end
image_function
fold-out plate [2]; vol. 2, at end
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
technique
engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
18.4 cm.
image_dimensions_height
18.4 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
27.2 cm. (both images)
image_dimensions_width
27.2 cm. (both images)
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
20 cm.
page_dimensions_height
20 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
30.3 cm.
page_dimensions_width
30.3 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:
French
languages
French
Languages
false
Description:
At left, the female cochineal insect seen from above and below. At right, three leaves of a cactus with four flowers in various stages of opening.
description
At left, the female cochineal insect seen from above and below. At right, three leaves of a cactus with four flowers in various stages of opening.
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 cochenille dans les colonies françaises de l'Amérique; précédé d'un Voyage a Guaxaca, ...
source_title
Traité de la culture du nopal, et de l'éducation de la cochenille dans les colonies françaises de l'Amérique; précédé d'un Voyage a Guaxaca, ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Au Cap-Français [Cap-Haïtien, Haiti], ... à Paris, ... à Bordeaux, ...
source_place_of_publication
Au Cap-Français [Cap-Haïtien, Haiti], ... à Paris, ... à Bordeaux, ...
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Chez la veuve Herbault ...; chez Delalain, le jeune ...; chez Bergeret ...
source_publisher
Chez la veuve Herbault ...; chez Delalain, le jeune ...; chez Bergeret ...
Source publisher
false
Source date:
MDCCLXXXVII [1787]
source_date
MDCCLXXXVII [1787]
Source date
false
notes:
The cactus is probably a nopal cactus, food of the cochineal insect whose body produces a commercially important red dye. The nopal cactus is very significant as a source of food and medicine. Thiéry de Menonville was sent to America by Louis XVI to obtain the cochineal insect and the plant on which it subsisted.
notes
The cactus is probably a nopal cactus, food of the cochineal insect whose body produces a commercially important red dye. The nopal cactus is very significant as a source of food and medicine. Thiéry de Menonville was sent to America by Louis XVI to obtain the cochineal insect and the plant on which it subsisted.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1874.
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:
Cochineal insect
subject_heads
Cochineal insect
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Nopalea cochinellifera
subject_heads
Nopalea cochinellifera
Subject headings
false