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:
34029
accession_no
34029
Accession number
false
Record number:
34029-11
record_number
34029-11
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D750 H893n / 3-SIZE
jcb_call_no
D750 H893n / 3-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[The Balsam; or the Sea-Side Sage]
image_title
[The Balsam; or the Sea-Side Sage]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Printed for the author]
image_publisher
[Printed for the author]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1750 ]
image_date
[1750 ]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate 10, following p. 142
image_function
plate 10, following p. 142
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving, colors
technique
engraving, colors
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
29.7 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_height
29.7 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
19.4 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_width
19.4 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
44.5 cm.
page_dimensions_height
44.5 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
28 cm.
page_dimensions_width
28 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:
Branch of two species of plant. Includes flowers on the branch on the left-hand side. Title taken from chapter heading. "To his Grace the Duke of Newcastle.This Plate is humbly inscrib'd, &c." Includes the [Newcastle?] coat of arms.
description
Branch of two species of plant. Includes flowers on the branch on the left-hand side. Title taken from chapter heading. "To his Grace the Duke of Newcastle.This Plate is humbly inscrib'd, &c." Includes the [Newcastle?] coat of arms.
Description
false
Source creator:
Hughes, Griffith, b. 1706 or 7
source_creator
Hughes, Griffith, b. 1706 or 7
Source creator
false
Source Title:
The natural history of Barbados. In ten books.
source_title
The natural history of Barbados. In ten books.
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for the author; and sold by most booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland
source_publisher
Printed for the author; and sold by most booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1750
source_date
1750
Source date
false
notes:
The branch of the left-hand shrub is a member of the Euphorbiaceae genus, Croton flavens L., commonly called ti baume or copahu in French West Indies islands and yellow croton in English Caribbean territories. The right-hand branch is unidentified.
notes
The branch of the left-hand shrub is a member of the Euphorbiaceae genus, Croton flavens L., commonly called ti baume or copahu in French West Indies islands and yellow croton in English Caribbean territories. The right-hand branch is unidentified.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1871.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1871.
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:
Natural history--Caribbean area
subject_heads
Natural history--Caribbean area
Subject headings
false