COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
8463
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8463
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Record number:
8463-5
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8463-5
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JCB call number:
D798 D228b (copy 2)
jcb_call_no
D798 D228b (copy 2)
JCB call number
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Image title:
Amaryllis formosissima.
image_title
Amaryllis formosissima.
Image title
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Creator 1:
Benjamin Tanner
creator1
Benjamin Tanner
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1775-1848
creator1_dates
1775-1848
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
Sc.
creator1_role
Sc.
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false
Place image published:
[New York]
place_image_published
[New York]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[T. & J. Swords]
image_publisher
[T. & J. Swords]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1798
image_date
1798
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; Part 2, following p. 20
image_function
plate; Part 2, following p. 20
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
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engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
16.1 cm.
image_dimensions_height
16.1 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
9.4 cm.
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9.4 cm.
Image dimension width
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Page dimension height:
20.7 cm.
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20.7 cm.
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Page dimension width:
12.4 cm.
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12.4 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
Materials medium
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Description:
Amaryllis formosissima, Aztec lily, Jacobean lily, St. James's lily, or orchid lily showing only the flower and stem.
description
Amaryllis formosissima, Aztec lily, Jacobean lily, St. James's lily, or orchid lily showing only the flower and stem.
Description
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Source creator:
Darwin, Erasmus, 1731-1802
source_creator
Darwin, Erasmus, 1731-1802
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false
Source Title:
The botanic garden. A poem, in two parts. Part I. Containing the economy of vegetation. Part II. The loves of the plants. With philosophical notes
source_title
The botanic garden. A poem, in two parts. Part I. Containing the economy of vegetation. Part II. The loves of the plants. With philosophical notes
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Source place of publication:
New-York [New York]
source_place_of_publication
New-York [New York]
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false
Source publisher:
Printed by T. & J. Swords, printers to the faculty of physic of Columbia College, no. 99 Pearl-Street.
source_publisher
Printed by T. & J. Swords, printers to the faculty of physic of Columbia College, no. 99 Pearl-Street.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1798
source_date
1798
Source date
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notes:
Amaryllis formosissima is synonymous with Sprekelia formosissima and is native to Mexico and Guatemala.Attributed to Erasmus Darwin in the Dictionary of national biography. Darwin's goal was to popularize and promote the sexual or reproductive basis of Linnaeus' system of classification.
notes
Amaryllis formosissima is synonymous with Sprekelia formosissima and is native to Mexico and Guatemala.Attributed to Erasmus Darwin in the Dictionary of national biography. Darwin's goal was to popularize and promote the sexual or reproductive basis of Linnaeus' system of classification.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
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:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Botany--Guatemala
subject_heads
Botany--Guatemala
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Botany--Mexico
subject_heads
Botany--Mexico
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Amaryllidaceae
subject_heads
Amaryllidaceae
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Guatemala
subject_heads
Natural history--Guatemala
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Mexico
subject_heads
Natural history--Mexico
Subject headings
false