Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Orange tree and insects]
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Accession number:
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09891
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Record number:
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09891-70
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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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[Orange tree 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 [65]
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Technique:
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etching, engraving, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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34.5 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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26.1cm.
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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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Moth, caterpillars, and egg case are shown on an orange tree. Includes stem, leaves, flowers, and fruit.
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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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An orange tree [Citrus sinensis] is shown with moth metamorphoses.The plates at the end of this posthumously published book were provided by the author's daughters.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.The first 60 plates of Merian's volume were in the first edition. 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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