Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: La Batata
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Accession number:
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98-75
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Record number:
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98-75-16
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JCB call number:
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H790 C351s
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Image title:
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La Batata
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Creator 1:
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Benedetto Bordiga
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Creator 1 dates:
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1768-1847
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Place image published:
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[Milan]
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Image publisher:
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[Giuseppe Marelli]
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Image date:
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[1792]
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Image function:
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plate LII [52]; vol. 3, following p. 30
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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17.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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11.4 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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24.7 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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17.8 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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Italian
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Description:
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Sweet potato plant showing tubers, stem, leaves, and flower. Includes detail of flower and seed. Items in the image are lettered for identification in adjoining text.
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Source creator:
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Castiglioni, Luigi, 1757-1832
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Source Title:
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Storia delle piante forestiere le più importanti nell'uso medico, od economico ... Tomo III
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Source place of publication:
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Milano [Milan]
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Source publisher:
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Nella Stamperia di Giuseppe Marelli
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Source date:
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1792
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notes:
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Scientific name: Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae). Here the plant is described as coming from South America.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1998.
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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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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Ipomoea
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