COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
05686
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05686
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Record number:
05686-6
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05686-6
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JCB call number:
F809 D446
jcb_call_no
F809 D446
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Patte de Figues bananes sur le régime terminé par la Popotte.
image_title
Patte de Figues bananes sur le régime terminé par la Popotte.
Image title
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. 2, following p. 46
image_function
plate; vol. 2, following p. 46
Image function
false
Technique:
stipple engraving, hand coloring
technique
stipple engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
14.7cm.
image_dimensions_height
14.7cm.
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.
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19.6 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
11.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
11.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink, colors
materials_medium
ink, colors
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
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Description:
Cluster (patte) or hand of bananas.
description
Cluster (patte) or hand of bananas.
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
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false
Source place of publication:
Paris
source_place_of_publication
Paris
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false
Source publisher:
Dufart, père, libraire-éditeur
source_publisher
Dufart, père, libraire-éditeur
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false
Source date:
1809
source_date
1809
Source date
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notes:
The banana tree was introduced into the Caribbean by Spaniards and other Europeans in the sixteenth century. In the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French Caribbean, they were called "figues." The figue banane now refers to a small banana about 12 cm. long.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
The banana tree was introduced into the Caribbean by Spaniards and other Europeans in the sixteenth century. In the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French Caribbean, they were called "figues." The figue banane now refers to a small banana about 12 cm. long.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:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Botany--Haiti
subject_heads
Botany--Haiti
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Bananas--Haiti
subject_heads
Bananas--Haiti
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Haiti
subject_heads
Natural history--Haiti
Subject headings
false