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:
09891
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09891
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Record number:
09891-45
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09891-45
Record number
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JCB call number:
J719 M561o / 3-SIZE
jcb_call_no
J719 M561o / 3-SIZE
JCB call number
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Image title:
[Jatropha and insects]
image_title
[Jatropha and insects]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Amsterdam]
place_image_published
[Amsterdam]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Johannes Oosterwijk]
image_publisher
[Johannes Oosterwijk]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1719]
image_date
[1719]
Image date
false
Image function:
Plate [38]
image_function
Plate [38]
Image function
false
Technique:
etching, engraving, hand coloring
technique
etching, engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
38.3 cm.
image_dimensions_height
38.3 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
25.4 cm.
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25.4 cm.
Image dimension width
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Page dimension height:
51.5 cm.
page_dimensions_height
51.5 cm.
Page dimension height
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Page dimension width:
34.7 cm.
page_dimensions_width
34.7 cm.
Page dimension width
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Materials medium:
ink, colors
materials_medium
ink, colors
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Branch of a jatropha showing leaves, flowers, and stem. Includes moths, caterpillar, pupa, chrysalis, and egg case.
description
Branch of a jatropha showing leaves, flowers, and stem. Includes moths, caterpillar, pupa, chrysalis, and egg case.
Description
false
Source creator:
Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717
source_creator
Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium. Dutch] Maria Sybilla Meriaen Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten
source_title
[Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium. Dutch] Maria Sybilla Meriaen Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
t'Amsterdam
source_place_of_publication
t'Amsterdam
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
by Joannes Oosterwyk, boekverkoper op den Dam in de Boekzael: Alwaer dit werk, ... te bekomen zyn
source_publisher
by Joannes Oosterwyk, boekverkoper op den Dam in de Boekzael: Alwaer dit werk, ... te bekomen zyn
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1719
source_date
1719
Source date
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notes:
Cotton leaf jatropha (Jatropha gossypiifolia), known as an antidote for snakebite in Surinam, is shown with moth metamorphosis. Wettengl identifies the moths as a mimicry moth (Cyllopoda jatropharia). The large caterpillar of the antaeus moth (Cocytius antaeus Drury) also feeds on the jatropha. Merian first published Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium in 1705; in 1719, her daughters brought out a second edition in Dutch and in Latin, reusing the original plates and adding 12 more plates and corresponding text. This new edition was created by pressing each still wet image onto a sheet of clean paper, creating a "counter-impression" which was reversed from the original, thus producing two prints from one inking. Notes on the plants contributed by Caspar Commelin.
notes
Cotton leaf jatropha (Jatropha gossypiifolia), known as an antidote for snakebite in Surinam, is shown with moth metamorphosis. Wettengl identifies the moths as a mimicry moth (Cyllopoda jatropharia). The large caterpillar of the antaeus moth (Cocytius antaeus Drury) also feeds on the jatropha. Merian first published Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium in 1705; in 1719, her daughters brought out a second edition in Dutch and in Latin, reusing the original plates and adding 12 more plates and corresponding text. This new edition was created by pressing each still wet image onto a sheet of clean paper, creating a "counter-impression" which was reversed from the original, thus producing two prints from one inking. Notes on the plants contributed by Caspar Commelin.
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
References:
Stearn, W.T. "Maria Sibylla Merian ... as a botanical artist," Taxon, vol. 31, no. 3 (Aug. 1982), p. 529-534; Wettengl, K. Maria Sibylla Merian, p. 233-234
references_
Stearn, W.T. "Maria Sibylla Merian ... as a botanical artist," Taxon, vol. 31, no. 3 (Aug. 1982), p. 529-534; Wettengl, K. Maria Sibylla Merian, p. 233-234
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired after 1870.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired after 1870.
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:
Guianas
geographic_areas
Guianas
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Suriname
subject_heads
Natural history--Suriname
Subject headings
false