Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [The Bay-Berry-Tree; Lat. Myrtus arborea aromatica]
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Accession number:
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34029
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Record number:
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34029-12
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JCB call number:
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D750 H893n / 3-SIZE
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Image title:
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[The Bay-Berry-Tree; Lat. Myrtus arborea aromatica]
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Creator 1:
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Ehret, Georg Dionysius
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Creator 1 dates:
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1708-1770
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Creator 1 role:
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delin. & sculp.
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[Printed for the author]
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Image date:
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[1750 ]
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Image function:
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plate 10 [sic], following p. 144
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Technique:
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engraving, colors
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Image dimension height:
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29.4 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
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19.7 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
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44.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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28 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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English
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Description:
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Myrtle tree or bayberry tree showing leaves and berries. Title taken from chapter heading. "To the Right Honourable The Earl of Halifax, First Lord Commissioner of Trade and Plantations. This Plate is humbly inscrib'd, &c." Includes the [Halifax?] coat of arms.
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Source creator:
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Hughes, Griffith, b. 1706 or 7
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Source Title:
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The natural history of Barbados. In ten books.
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed for the author; and sold by most booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland
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Source date:
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1750
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notes:
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This shrub was identified and named by Sir Hans Sloane and its berries are also known as pimenta, allspice, and Jamaica pepper. The text describing this plate does not give the plate number.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1871.
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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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Natural history--Caribbean area
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