COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
05800
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05800
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Record number:
05800-19
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05800-19
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JCB call number:
E810 M622 / 1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
E810 M622 / 1-SIZE
JCB call number
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Image title:
Juglans aquatica. Water bitter Nut Hickery.
image_title
Juglans aquatica. Water bitter Nut Hickery.
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Pancrace Bessa
creator1
Pancrace Bessa
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1772-1846
creator1_dates
1772-1846
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
delt.
creator1_role
delt.
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
Bessin
creator2
Bessin
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 role:
sculpt.
creator2_role
sculpt.
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[L. Haussmann et d'Hautel]
image_publisher
[L. Haussmann et d'Hautel]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1811]
image_date
[1811]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate 5; vol. 1, following p. [180]
image_function
plate 5; vol. 1, following p. [180]
Image function
false
Technique:
stipple engraving, color printing, hand coloring
technique
stipple engraving, color printing, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
19.4 cm.
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19.4 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
12.8 cm.
image_dimensions_width
12.8 cm.
Image dimension width
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Page dimension height:
26.9 cm.
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26.9 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
17.3 cm.
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17.3 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink, colors
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ink, colors
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false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
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Description:
Branch, nut, and nuts covered with their husks of the water bitternut hickory tree or water hickory tree. Items are numbered for identification in text.
description
Branch, nut, and nuts covered with their husks of the water bitternut hickory tree or water hickory tree. Items are numbered for identification in text.
Description
false
Source creator:
Michaux, François André, 1770-1855
source_creator
Michaux, François André, 1770-1855
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique septentrionale, considérés principalement sous les rapports de leur usage dans les arts et de leur introduction dans le commerce, ... Tome I.
source_title
Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique septentrionale, considérés principalement sous les rapports de leur usage dans les arts et de leur introduction dans le commerce, ... Tome I.
Source Title
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Source place of publication:
Paris
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Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
De L'Imprimerie de L. Haussmann et d'Hautel.
source_publisher
De L'Imprimerie de L. Haussmann et d'Hautel.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M. D. CCC. XI. [1811]
source_date
M. D. CCC. XI. [1811]
Source date
false
notes:
The water hickory tree, Carya aquatica, is also known as bitter pecan. It is native to the extreme southeastern United States.André Michaux and his son François-André were sent in 1785 by the French government to study the forest resources of North America. The French hoped to reforest their own country. François-André returned a few years later, also with a commission from the French government, and produced the Histoire des arbres forestiers ... Paris, 1810-13.This plate is part of Michaux's Histoire des noyers de l'Amérique septentrionale, considérés principalement sous les rapports de leur usage dans les arts et de leur introduction dans le commerce, ... Paris, 1811, which is bound with the 1810 work on pine and spruce trees. Thus, the plate numbers recommence, but the page numbers do not.Engraver may be Rosine-Antoinette Delaporte (1807-1876), an artist who often worked with Redouté.
notes
The water hickory tree, Carya aquatica, is also known as bitter pecan. It is native to the extreme southeastern United States.André Michaux and his son François-André were sent in 1785 by the French government to study the forest resources of North America. The French hoped to reforest their own country. François-André returned a few years later, also with a commission from the French government, and produced the Histoire des arbres forestiers ... Paris, 1810-13.This plate is part of Michaux's Histoire des noyers de l'Amérique septentrionale, considérés principalement sous les rapports de leur usage dans les arts et de leur introduction dans le commerce, ... Paris, 1811, which is bound with the 1810 work on pine and spruce trees. Thus, the plate numbers recommence, but the page numbers do not.Engraver may be Rosine-Antoinette Delaporte (1807-1876), an artist who often worked with Redouté.
notes
false
Time Period:
1801-1850
time_period
1801-1850
Time Period
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:
Botany--North America
subject_heads
Botany--North America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--North America
subject_heads
Natural history--North America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Hickories
subject_heads
Hickories
Subject headings
false