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COLLECTION Identifier: gra00002

Jacob Bigelow botanical illustrations

Sample colored engraving of Acer eriocarpum from François André Michaux's Histoire des Arbres Forestiers de l'Amerique Septentrionale, Vol. 2, Pl. 13 (opp. page 278), Paris: L. Haussmann, 1813 Digital

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Sample plate contains annotations about prices to produce in French and appears to have fewer colors than the published version.

Sample colored engraving of Acer eriocarpum from François André Michaux's "Histoire des Arbres Forestiers de l'Amerique Septentrionale," Vol. 2, Pl. 13 (opp. page 278), Paris: L. Haussmann, 1813
Sample colored engraving of Acer eriocarpum from François André Michaux's "Histoire des Arbres Forestiers de l'Amerique Septentrionale," Vol. 2, Pl. 13 (opp. page 278), Paris: L. Haussmann, 1813

Original enclosure for Acer eriocarpum engraving with annotation "Dr. Joseph Bigelow Boston Summer Street" Digital

Original enclosure for Acer eriocarpum engraving with annotation "Dr. Joseph Bigelow Boston Summer Street"
Original enclosure for Acer eriocarpum engraving with annotation "Dr. Joseph Bigelow Boston Summer Street"

Datura stramonium (Thorn apple) original illustration, before 1817 Digital

Scope and Contents

Written in pencil "original copy J.B."

Datura stramonium (Thorn apple) original illustration, before 1817
Datura stramonium (Thorn apple) original illustration, before 1817

Eupatorium perfoliatum (Thorough wort) original illustration, before 1817 Digital

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Written in pencil "J. Bigelow Original copy."

Eupatorium perfoliatum (Thorough wort) original illustration, before 1817
Eupatorium perfoliatum (Thorough wort) original illustration, before 1817

Phytolacca decandra [Phytolacca americana] (Poke) original illustration, before 1817 Digital

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Written in pencil "original copy J.B."

Phytolacca decandra [Phytolacca americana] (Poke) original illustration, before 1817
Phytolacca decandra [Phytolacca americana] (Poke) original illustration, before 1817

Arum triphyllum [Arisaema triphyllum] (Dragon root) original illustration, before 1817 Digital

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Color sketch with penciled instructions on coloring.

Arum triphyllum [Arisaema triphyllum] (Dragon root) original illustration, before 1817
Arum triphyllum [Arisaema triphyllum] (Dragon root) original illustration, before 1817

Arum triphyllum [Arisaema triphyllum] (Dragon root) printed plate with pencil sketch on back, before 1817 Digital

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Partially colored.

Arum triphyllum [Arisaema triphyllum] (Dragon root) printed plate with pencil sketch on back, before 1817
Arum triphyllum [Arisaema triphyllum] (Dragon root) printed plate with pencil sketch on back, before 1817

Arbustus uva ursi [Arctostaphylos uva-ursi] (Bear berry) original illustration, before 1817 Digital

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Written in pencil "original copy J.B."

Arbustus uva ursi [Arctostaphylos uva-ursi] (Bear berry) original illustration, before 1817
Arbustus uva ursi [Arctostaphylos uva-ursi] (Bear berry) original illustration, before 1817

Sanguinaria Canadensis (Blood root), before 1817 Digital

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"Sanguinaria Canadensis" written in ink on front of illustration. "Original copy J.B." written in pencil. Indecipherable pencil note on back.

Sanguinaria Canadensis (Blood root), before 1817
Sanguinaria Canadensis (Blood root), before 1817

Geranium maculatum (Common Cranesbill) original illustration, before 1817 Digital

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Lacks printed information and color varies from published work.

Geranium maculatum (Common Cranesbill) original illustration, before 1817
Geranium maculatum (Common Cranesbill) original illustration, before 1817

Kalmia latifolia (Mountain laurel) original illustration, before 1817 Digital

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Includes sketch of flower of Durca palustris (plate 37).

Kalmia latifolia (Mountain laurel) original illustration, before 1817
Kalmia latifolia (Mountain laurel) original illustration, before 1817

Statice caroliana [Limonium carolinianum] (Marsh rosemary) original illustration, before 1817 Digital

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"J[?] Vaughan" written on face in pencil. Faded pencil note on back "[Indecipherable] - Marsh rosemary - Salt marsh [?] near [?] Sept. 1"

Statice caroliana [Limonium carolinianum] (Marsh rosemary) original illustration, before 1817
Statice caroliana [Limonium carolinianum] (Marsh rosemary) original illustration, before 1817

Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly weed) original illustration, before 1817 Digital

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Written in pencil "original copy J.B." Includes sketches on back.

Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly weed) original illustration, before 1817
Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly weed) original illustration, before 1817

"Erythronium dens-canis Willd.; E. longifolium Link; E. flavum Smith" (Dog's tooth violet) color illustration with pencil notes, before 1817 Digital

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Erythronium Americanum in "American Medical Botany".

"Erythronium dens-canis Willd.; E. longifolium Link; E. flavum Smith" (Dog's tooth violet) color illustration with pencil notes, before 1817
"Erythronium dens-canis Willd.; E. longifolium Link; E. flavum Smith" (Dog's tooth violet) color illustration with pencil notes, before 1817