Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: a. le Citronier des Haies. b. Fruit de l'Abricotier.
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Accession number:
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05686
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Record number:
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05686-8
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JCB call number:
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F809 D446
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Image title:
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a. le Citronier des Haies. b. Fruit de l'Abricotier.
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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[Dufart, père]
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Image date:
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[1809]
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 2, following p. 86
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Technique:
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stipple engraving, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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15.1cm.
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Image dimension width:
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9.7 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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19.6 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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11.5 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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Branches and fruit of Caribbean versions of lemon and apricot trees.
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Source creator:
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Descourtilz, M. E. (Michel Etienne), b. 1775
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Source Title:
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Voyages d'un naturaliste, et ses observations ... Tome premier
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Source place of publication:
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Paris
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Source publisher:
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Dufart, père, libraire-éditeur
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Source date:
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1809
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notes:
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Text notes that the apricot was unlike the European apricot; it may be Mammea americana, the mammee apple, or St. Domingo apricot.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.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1870.
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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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Caribbean Islands
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Botany--Haiti
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--Haiti
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