COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
64-27
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64-27
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Record number:
64-27-32
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64-27-32
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JCB call number:
D756 B883c / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
D756 B883c / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
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Image title:
[Galega, Brya, Amerimnon, Stizolobium, and Lagetto]
image_title
[Galega, Brya, Amerimnon, Stizolobium, and Lagetto]
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Georg Dionysius Ehret
creator1
Georg Dionysius Ehret
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1708-1770
creator1_dates
1708-1770
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
delin
creator1_role
delin
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
F. Garden
creator2
F. Garden
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 role:
sc.
creator2_role
sc.
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[T. Osborne and J. Shipton]
image_publisher
[T. Osborne and J. Shipton]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1755
image_date
1755
Image date
false
Image function:
plate 31; following p. 374
image_function
plate 31; following p. 374
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
31.2 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_height
31.2 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
21.2 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_width
21.2 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
35 cm.
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35 cm.
Page dimension height
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Page dimension width:
22 cm.
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22 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
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paper
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false
Inscription:
l.c.: 2. Brya. Aspalathus Ebenus. Linnai.
inscription
l.c.: 2. Brya. Aspalathus Ebenus. Linnai.
Inscription
false
Description:
Branches of two plants with details of flowers, leaves, and seeds. Figure 1 is identified as Galega. Figure 2 is identified as Brya. Figure 3 is identified as Amerimnon. Figure 4 is identified as Stizolobium. Figure 5 is identified as Lagetto or lace-bark tree. Items are lettered and numbered for identification in text.
description
Branches of two plants with details of flowers, leaves, and seeds. Figure 1 is identified as Galega. Figure 2 is identified as Brya. Figure 3 is identified as Amerimnon. Figure 4 is identified as Stizolobium. Figure 5 is identified as Lagetto or lace-bark tree. Items are lettered and numbered for identification in text.
Description
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Source creator:
Browne, Patrick, 1720?-1790
source_creator
Browne, Patrick, 1720?-1790
Source creator
false
Source Title:
The civil and natural history of Jamaica. ...
source_title
The civil and natural history of Jamaica. ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
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London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for the author; and sold by T. Osborne, and J. Shipton, in Gray's-Inn.
source_publisher
Printed for the author; and sold by T. Osborne, and J. Shipton, in Gray's-Inn.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
MDCCLVI [1756]
source_date
MDCCLVI [1756]
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notes:
Image title taken from pages 289, 288, 290, 371, and inscription. Galega or goat's rue may have been introduced to Jamaica. Brya is Brya ebenus, a leguminous tree or shrub that is the source of a very hard wood. Amerimnon is a genus now known as Dalbergia; this plant may be Dalbergia brownei or Brown's Indian rosewood, a tree found in Central America and the West Indies. Stizolobium is probably Dolichos pruriens or Mucuna pruriens, commonly known as velvet bean, cowhage or cow-itch, native to the West Indies and tropical America. The lace-bark tree is under threat in Jamaica where it was once most commonly found.In the plates the letter (a) indicates the empalement or cup; (b) the flower; (c) the filaments with their antherae; (d) the style and stigma; and (e), (f), and (g) the germen, fruit and seeds.Browne was an Irish medical doctor who settled in Jamaica in 1746. There he collected 1200 species of plants, 400 more than Sloane. He retired to Ireland in 1771.
notes
Image title taken from pages 289, 288, 290, 371, and inscription. Galega or goat's rue may have been introduced to Jamaica. Brya is Brya ebenus, a leguminous tree or shrub that is the source of a very hard wood. Amerimnon is a genus now known as Dalbergia; this plant may be Dalbergia brownei or Brown's Indian rosewood, a tree found in Central America and the West Indies. Stizolobium is probably Dolichos pruriens or Mucuna pruriens, commonly known as velvet bean, cowhage or cow-itch, native to the West Indies and tropical America. The lace-bark tree is under threat in Jamaica where it was once most commonly found.In the plates the letter (a) indicates the empalement or cup; (b) the flower; (c) the filaments with their antherae; (d) the style and stigma; and (e), (f), and (g) the germen, fruit and seeds.Browne was an Irish medical doctor who settled in Jamaica in 1746. There he collected 1200 species of plants, 400 more than Sloane. He retired to Ireland in 1771.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
references_
http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=26594; http://bio.fiu.edu/trees/sp_pages/Dalbergia_brownei.html; http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MUPR; http://www.kew.org/scihort/ecbot/papers/prendergast2000lacebark.pdf. (Mar. 2008)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1963; former collections of William Charles de Meuron, Earl Fitzwiliam; Charles William de Meuron, Earl Fitzwilliam; Mary, Marchioness of Rockingham.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1963; former collections of William Charles de Meuron, Earl Fitzwiliam; Charles William de Meuron, Earl Fitzwilliam; Mary, Marchioness of Rockingham.
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:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Jamaica
subject_heads
Natural history--Jamaica
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Botany--Jamaica
subject_heads
Botany--Jamaica
Subject headings
false