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:
05686
accession_no
05686
Accession number
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Record number:
05686-4
record_number
05686-4
Record number
false
JCB call number:
F809 D446
jcb_call_no
F809 D446
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Thalie vulgt. Galère, ver zoophite de l'ordre des Molusqueae
image_title
Thalie vulgt. Galère, ver zoophite de l'ordre des Molusqueae
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Gabriel
creator1
Gabriel
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
St.
creator1_role
St.
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Dufart, père]
image_publisher
[Dufart, père]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1809]
image_date
[1809]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; vol. 1, following p. 222
image_function
plate; vol. 1, following p. 222
Image function
false
Technique:
stipple engraving, hand coloring
technique
stipple engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
14.6 cm.
image_dimensions_height
14.6 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
9.5 cm.
image_dimensions_width
9.5 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
19.6 cm.
page_dimensions_height
19.6 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
11.8 cm.
page_dimensions_width
11.8 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
Description:
Sea creature, perhaps a sea cucumber.
description
Sea creature, perhaps a sea cucumber.
Description
false
Source creator:
Descourtilz, M. E. (Michel Etienne), b. 1775
source_creator
Descourtilz, M. E. (Michel Etienne), b. 1775
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Voyages d'un naturaliste, et ses observations ... Tome premier
source_title
Voyages d'un naturaliste, et ses observations ... Tome premier
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Paris
source_place_of_publication
Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Dufart, père, libraire-éditeur
source_publisher
Dufart, père, libraire-éditeur
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1809
source_date
1809
Source date
false
notes:
Text states that the creature was brought up in a bucket after his ship had crossed the Tropic of Cancer, perhaps off Brazil.Michel Etienne Descourtilz, a French naturalist, lived in Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) during much of the revolt that led to the independence of Haiti.
notes
Text states that the creature was brought up in a bucket after his ship had crossed the Tropic of Cancer, perhaps off Brazil.Michel Etienne Descourtilz, a French naturalist, lived in Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) during much of the revolt that led to the independence of Haiti.
notes
false
Time Period:
1801-1850
time_period
1801-1850
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1870.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1870.
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:
Brazil
geographic_areas
Brazil
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Holothurians
subject_heads
Holothurians
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history
subject_heads
Natural history
Subject headings
false