Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Leaves, flowers, and berries of trees]
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Accession number:
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35263
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Record number:
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35263-15
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JCB call number:
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D767 C359h / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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[Leaves, flowers, and berries of trees]
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Creator 1:
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Mark Catesby
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Creator 1 dates:
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1683-1749
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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 82, 70, 81, 83; following p. 34
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Technique:
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engraving, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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26.1 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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26.5 cm.
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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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Leaves, flowers, and berries or seeds of the (82) Frutex Virginianus trifolius ulmi samaris, (70) Cerasi similis, arbuscula Mariana poedi folio, flore albo parvo racemoso, or the clustered black cherry tree, (81) Alni folia Americana serrata, perhaps a wi
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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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The scientific name of the wild black cherry tree is Prunus serotina. Identification of various shrubs supplied from text.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/prse.html (Apr. 2006)
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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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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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Botany--North America
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--North America
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