Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Oaks]
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Accession number:
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35263
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Record number:
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35263-5
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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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[Oaks]
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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 11, 10, 13, 12; following p. 6
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Technique:
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engraving, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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25.3 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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26 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 and acorns or seeds from four oak trees, including the (11) Quercus sempervivens, foliis oblongis non sinuatis, or the live oak, (10) Quercus, an pontius Ilex Marilandica, folio longo angusto salicis, or the willow oak, (13) Quercus (forte) Marilan
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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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Identification of various oaks supplied from text.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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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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