Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Tobacco Plant
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Accession number:
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M1544
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Record number:
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M1544-002
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JCB call number:
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D796 W787hu
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Image title:
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Tobacco Plant
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Place image published:
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New York
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Image publisher:
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Publish'd by Smith Reed and Wayland
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Image date:
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[1796]
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Image function:
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plate, vol. 3, following p. 426
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Technique:
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engraving, hand colored
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Image dimension height:
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18.7 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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11 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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21.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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12.8 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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Languages:
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English
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Description:
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Tobacco plant including leaves, flowers and tobacco worm.
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Source creator:
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Winterbotham, William, 1763-1829
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Source Title:
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An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the United States of America, and of the European settlements in America and the West-Indies
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Source place of publication:
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New-York
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Source publisher:
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Printed by Tiebout and O'Brien, for John Reid, bookseller and stationer, No. 106, Water-Street
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Source date:
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1796
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notes:
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Text describes the culture and harvesting of tobacco. The library holds two copies of this work which is complete in four volumes, however most of the plates are missing in the first copy and only this volume 3 of the 2nd copy is at the library.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1914.
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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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North America
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Tobacco--North America
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