COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
72-196
accession_no
72-196
Accession number
false
Record number:
72-196-36
record_number
72-196-36
Record number
false
JCB call number:
C798 V441f
jcb_call_no
C798 V441f
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Cactus and cochineal]
image_title
[Cactus and cochineal]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Lisbon]
place_image_published
[Lisbon]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Joaõ Porcopio Correa da Silva]
image_publisher
[Joaõ Porcopio Correa da Silva]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1800]
image_date
[1800]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate B; vol. 2, part 3, following p. [198]
image_function
plate B; vol. 2, part 3, following p. [198]
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
technique
engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
14.6 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_height
14.6 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
9.3 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_width
9.3 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
17.1 cm.
page_dimensions_height
17.1 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
10.8 cm.
page_dimensions_width
10.8 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink, colors
materials_medium
ink, colors
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Prickly pear or nopal cactus paddle (lobe or leaf) and cochineal insect.
description
Prickly pear or nopal cactus paddle (lobe or leaf) and cochineal insect.
Description
false
Source creator:
Velloso, José Mariano da Conceiçao, 1742-1811
source_creator
Velloso, José Mariano da Conceiçao, 1742-1811
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Fazendeiro do Brazil] O fazendeiro do Brazil ... Tom. II. Part. III
source_title
[Fazendeiro do Brazil] O fazendeiro do Brazil ... Tom. II. Part. III
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
[Lisbon]
source_place_of_publication
[Lisbon]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Na Officina de Joaõ Porcopio Correa da Silva
source_publisher
Na Officina de Joaõ Porcopio Correa da Silva
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M. DCCC. [1800]
source_date
M. DCCC. [1800]
Source date
false
notes:
Cochineal (Dactylopius coccus) belongs to a group of insects called scales which feeds on the prickly pear or nopal cactus. The Aztecs developed a dye made from the dried insect. This image is derived from Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville, Traité de la culture du nopal, Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, 1787.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.
notes
Cochineal (Dactylopius coccus) belongs to a group of insects called scales which feeds on the prickly pear or nopal cactus. The Aztecs developed a dye made from the dried insect. This image is derived from Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville, Traité de la culture du nopal, Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, 1787.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.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1972.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1972.
Provenance/Donor
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:
Brazil
geographic_areas
Brazil
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Cochineal insect
subject_heads
Cochineal insect
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Nopalea cochinellifera
subject_heads
Nopalea cochinellifera
Subject headings
false