COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
9491
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9491
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Record number:
09491-1
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09491-1
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JCB call number:
E772 C467v / 1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
E772 C467v / 1-SIZE
JCB call number
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Image title:
[Fish, cocoons, rock formation]
image_title
[Fish, cocoons, rock formation]
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Auguste-Denis Fougeroux de Bondaroy
creator1
Auguste-Denis Fougeroux de Bondaroy
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1732-1789
creator1_dates
1732-1789
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
del.
creator1_role
del.
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
El[izabe]th. Haussard
creator2
El[izabe]th. Haussard
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 role:
Sculp.
creator2_role
Sculp.
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Charles-Antoine Jombert]
image_publisher
[Charles-Antoine Jombert]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1772]
image_date
[1772]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate 1; following p. 60
image_function
plate 1; following p. 60
Image function
false
Technique:
etching
technique
etching
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
19.2 cm.
image_dimensions_height
19.2 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
15.6 cm.
image_dimensions_width
15.6 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
26 cm.
page_dimensions_height
26 cm.
Page dimension height
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Page dimension width:
19.3 cm.
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19.3 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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false
Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Description:
A fish, two views of a butterfly's cocoon, and a faceted rock formation. Items are numbered and lettered for explanation in the text.
description
A fish, two views of a butterfly's cocoon, and a faceted rock formation. Items are numbered and lettered for explanation in the text.
Description
false
Source creator:
Chappe d'Auteroche, abbé, 1728-1769
source_creator
Chappe d'Auteroche, abbé, 1728-1769
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Voyage en Californie pour l'observation du passage de Vénus sur le disque du soleil] Voyage en Californie ...
source_title
[Voyage en Californie pour l'observation du passage de Vénus sur le disque du soleil] Voyage en Californie ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Paris
source_place_of_publication
A Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, Libraire du Roi pour l'Artillerie & le Génie, rue Dauphine, à l'Image Notre-Dame.
source_publisher
Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, Libraire du Roi pour l'Artillerie & le Génie, rue Dauphine, à l'Image Notre-Dame.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M. DCC. LXXII. [1772]
source_date
M. DCC. LXXII. [1772]
Source date
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notes:
Text describes the cocoon as belonging to the butterfly, Mariposa plateada, the fish as 1 to 1.5 inches long, and the rocks as protruding three feet from the ground, faceted, and black. The rock is found in Pachuca (Hidalgo province, Mexico) near the silver mines discovered in 1534.Chappe's journal concludes on p. 39, because shortly after his arrival at the mission of San Joseph, he died of an epidemic disease. His companions then simply fulfilled their mission of taking observations of the transit of Venus. Items depicted are described in a letter from Don Joseph Antoine de Alzate y Ramyrez to the Académie Royale des Sciences and sent to the Académie with Chappe's papers. Alzate was a priest born in Mexico who studied astronomy, physics, metallurgy, and antiquities. He was a corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences. Some time after the papers arrived, a trunk containing these specimens also arrived at the Académie. Alzate gathered his specimens from the area around Mexico City.
notes
Text describes the cocoon as belonging to the butterfly, Mariposa plateada, the fish as 1 to 1.5 inches long, and the rocks as protruding three feet from the ground, faceted, and black. The rock is found in Pachuca (Hidalgo province, Mexico) near the silver mines discovered in 1534.Chappe's journal concludes on p. 39, because shortly after his arrival at the mission of San Joseph, he died of an epidemic disease. His companions then simply fulfilled their mission of taking observations of the transit of Venus. Items depicted are described in a letter from Don Joseph Antoine de Alzate y Ramyrez to the Académie Royale des Sciences and sent to the Académie with Chappe's papers. Alzate was a priest born in Mexico who studied astronomy, physics, metallurgy, and antiquities. He was a corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences. Some time after the papers arrived, a trunk containing these specimens also arrived at the Académie. Alzate gathered his specimens from the area around Mexico City.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1882.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1882.
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:
Natural history--Mexico
subject_heads
Natural history--Mexico
Subject headings
false