COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
85-27
accession_no
85-27
Accession number
false
Record number:
85-27-5
record_number
85-27-5
Record number
false
JCB call number:
DC731 G338m
jcb_call_no
DC731 G338m
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Representation of the Cochineal Insects
image_title
Representation of the Cochineal Insects
Image title
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[D. Henry and R. Cave]
image_publisher
[D. Henry and R. Cave]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1763]
image_date
[1763]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; vol. 33, following p. 332
image_function
plate; vol. 33, following p. 332
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
10.5 cm.
image_dimensions_height
10.5 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
18 cm.
image_dimensions_width
18 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
20.8 cm.
page_dimensions_height
20.8 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
12 cm.
page_dimensions_width
12 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English
languages
English
Languages
false
Description:
Views of cochineal insects, including egg, nymphal or larval, pupal, and adult stage. Items are lettered for identification in text.
description
Views of cochineal insects, including egg, nymphal or larval, pupal, and adult stage. Items are lettered for identification in text.
Description
false
Source Title:
The gentleman's magazine: and historical chronicle. Volume XXXIII.
source_title
The gentleman's magazine: and historical chronicle. Volume XXXIII.
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for D. Henry and R. Cave, at St. John's Gate
source_publisher
Printed for D. Henry and R. Cave, at St. John's Gate
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M.DCC.LXIII. [1763]
source_date
M.DCC.LXIII. [1763]
Source date
false
notes:
The image accompanies a letter by John Ellis to Peter Wych which contains an account of the male and female cochineal that breed on the Opuntia cactus, or Indian fig, in South Carolina and Georgia. Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
The image accompanies a letter by John Ellis to Peter Wych which contains an account of the male and female cochineal that breed on the Opuntia cactus, or Indian fig, in South Carolina and Georgia. Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1985.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1985.
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:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Cochineal insect
subject_heads
Cochineal insect
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--North America
subject_heads
Natural history--North America
Subject headings
false