Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Annatto plant and insects]
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Accession number:
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09891
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Record number:
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09891-51
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JCB call number:
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J719 M561o / 3-SIZE
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Image title:
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[Annatto plant and insects]
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Place image published:
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[Amsterdam]
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Image publisher:
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[Johannes Oosterwijk]
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Image date:
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[1719]
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Image function:
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Plate [44]
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Technique:
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etching, engraving, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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29.2 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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22.3 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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51.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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34.7 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink, colors
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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Annatto plant showing leaves, stem, flowers, seed pod, and seeds. Includes moths, caterpillars, pupae, and chrysalises.
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Source creator:
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Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717
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Source Title:
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[Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium. Dutch] Maria Sybilla Meriaen Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten
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Source place of publication:
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t'Amsterdam
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Source publisher:
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by Joannes Oosterwyk, boekverkoper op den Dam in de Boekzael: Alwaer dit werk, ... te bekomen zyn
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Source date:
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1719
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notes:
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Annatto [Bixa orellana L.] is shown with butterfly metamorphosis. Also known as roucou, urucu, achiote, among other names. The flavoring and dye of the annatto is derived from its seeds. 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.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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References:
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Stearn, W.T. "Maria Sibylla Merian ... as a botanical artist," Taxon, vol. 31, no. 3 (Aug. 1982), p. 529-534
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired after 1870.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Guianas
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--Suriname
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Subject headings:
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Annatto
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