COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
05800
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05800
Accession number
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Record number:
05800-47
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05800-47
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false
JCB call number:
E810 M622 / 1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
E810 M622 / 1-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Quercus coccinea. Scarlet Oak.
image_title
Quercus coccinea. Scarlet Oak.
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Bessa
creator1
Bessa
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
del.
creator1_role
del.
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
Gabriel
creator2
Gabriel
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 role:
Sculp.
creator2_role
Sculp.
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[L. Haussmann]
image_publisher
[L. Haussmann]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1812]
image_date
[1812]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate 23; vol. 2, following p. [115]
image_function
plate 23; vol. 2, following p. [115]
Image function
false
Technique:
stipple engraving, color printing, hand coloring
technique
stipple engraving, color printing, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
19.6 cm.
image_dimensions_height
19.6 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
13.1 cm.
image_dimensions_width
13.1 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
26.9 cm.
page_dimensions_height
26.9 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
17.1 cm.
page_dimensions_width
17.1 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink, colors
materials_medium
ink, colors
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
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Description:
Branch of the scarlet oak tree, Quercus coccinea, with its leaf and fruits or nuts (acorns).
description
Branch of the scarlet oak tree, Quercus coccinea, with its leaf and fruits or nuts (acorns).
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 II.
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 II.
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Paris
source_place_of_publication
Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
De L'Imprimerie de L. Haussmann.
source_publisher
De L'Imprimerie de L. Haussmann.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M. D. CCC. XII. [1812]
source_date
M. D. CCC. XII. [1812]
Source date
false
notes:
Quercus coccinea or scarlet oak is native to eastern North America.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.
notes
Quercus coccinea or scarlet oak is native to eastern North America.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.
notes
false
Time Period:
1801-1850
time_period
1801-1850
Time Period
false
References:
http://plants.usda.… (April 2008)
references_
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=QUCO2 (April 2008)
References
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:
Oak
subject_heads
Oak
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--North America
subject_heads
Natural history--North America
Subject headings
false