COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
72-196
Record number:
72-196-15
JCB call number:
C798 V441f
Image title:
Indigoeira tintureira.
Creator 1:
Freitas
Creator 1 role:
grav.
Place image published:
[Lisbon]
Image publisher:
[Royal Press]
Image date:
[1806]
Image function:
plate 1; vol. 2, part 1, following p. 32
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
14.8 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width:
9.2 cm. (platemark)
Page dimension height:
17.2 cm.
Page dimension width:
10.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Portuguese
Description:
Indigo plant showing leaves and flowers. Includes detail of flower and seed pods.
Source creator:
Velloso, José Mariano da Conceiçao, 1742-1811
Source Title:
[Fazendeiro do Brazil] O fazendeiro do Brazil ... Tom. II. Parte I
Source place of publication:
Lisboa [Lisbon]
Source publisher:
Na Impressam Regia
Source date:
1806
notes:
Indigofera is a large genus of about 700 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae from which indigo dye is produced. The scientific name of the variety native to South and Central America is Indigofera suffructicosa.A noted botantist, Velloso was appointed director of the press, Arco do Cego, incorporated in 1798 into the royal printing office. Meant to modernize the Portuguese empire, the Arco do Cego published at least 80 works in three years on various topics, including agriculture, navigation, and medicine.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1972.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Brazil
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
Subject headings:
Indigo
Subject headings:
Indigofera