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Contains 47 Results:

Papaver somniferum (Opium poppy) ink and pencil illustration, before 1817 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5Identifier: gra00002
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Color instructions written in pencil "stamen yellow, filament white; g [indecipherable] green". Illustration not found in "American Medical Botany".

Papaver somniferum (Opium poppy) color illustration with pencil sketch on back, before 1817 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5Identifier: gra00002
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Illustration not found in "American Medical Botany".

"Trillium erectrum, variety atropupureum" (Red trillium) original color illustration, before 1817 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5Identifier: gra00002
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Illustration not found in "American Medical Botany".

[Dirca palustris] original color illustration, 1817 watermark Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5Identifier: gra00002
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Illustration not found in "American Medical Botany".

Original color illustration of leafy stem with blue flowers, before 1817 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5Identifier: gra00002
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Written in pencil on verso: "Both are very old sketches & may not be accurate. This can be found again."

Original color illustration, possibly of Ictodes foetidus [Symplocarpus foetidus] (Skunk cabbage), before 1817 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5Identifier: gra00002, Plate 24?
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Possibly Bigelow, Jacob. 1817. American Medical Botany, pl. 24.

Original color illustration, possibly of Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot) fragment depicting bud on stem, before 1817 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5Identifier: gra00002, Plate 49?
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Possibly Bigelow, Jacob. 1817. American Medical Botany, pl. 49.

Draft caption for Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot), before 1817 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5Identifier: gra00002, Plate 49?
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Possibly Bigelow, Jacob. 1817. American Medical Botany, pl. 49.

Pencil sketch, possibly of Gaulteria procumbens (Partridge berry), before 1817 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6Identifier: gra00002, Plate 22?
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Possibly Bigelow, Jacob. 1817. American Medical Botany, pl. 22.

Pencil sketch, possibly of Statice caroliana (Marsh rosemary), includes additional sketch on verso, before 1817 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6Identifier: gra00002, Plate 25?
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Possibly Bigelow, Jacob. 1817. American Medical Botany, pl. 25.

Pencil sketch, possibly of Laurus sassafras [Sassafras albidum] (Sassafras tree), before 1817 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6Identifier: gra00002, Plate 35?
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Folded paper with flowers sketched on back. Possibly Bigelow, Jacob. 1817. American Medical Botany, pl. 35.

Pencil sketch, possibly Apocynum androsaemifolium (Dog's bane), with "Apocynum green or red" in pencil on front and additional notes on back, before 1817 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6Identifier: gra00002, Plate 36?
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"Eggplant" and a series of numbers is written in ink on verso. Possibly Bigelow, Jacob. 1817. American Medical Botany, pl. 36.

Pencil sketch, possibly of "Apocynum" androsaemifolium (Dog's bane), before 1817 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6Identifier: gra00002, Plate 36?
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Pencil sketch of floral characters. Possibly Bigelow, Jacob. 1817. American Medical Botany, pl. 36.

Pencil sketch with notes, possibly of Zanthoxylum fraxineum [Zanthoxylum americanum] (Prickly ash), includes diagram on back in ink, before 1817 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6Identifier: gra00002, Plate 59?
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Pencil sketch of floral characters and notes; diagram on back in ink. Possibly Bigelow, Jacob. 1817. American Medical Botany, pl. 59.

Pen and ink sketch [possibly Ipomea and Calystegia sepium], before 1817 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6Identifier: gra00002
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Not found in "American Medical Botany".

Pencil sketch of flowers [possibly Nicotiana], before 1817 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6Identifier: gra00002
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Pencil sketches on both sides. Not found in "American Medical Botany".

Pencil sketch [possibly Comptonia peregrina], before 1817 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6Identifier: gra00002
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Not found in "American Medical Botany".

Pencil sketch fragment [possibly Comptonia], before 1817 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6Identifier: gra00002
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Not found in "American Medical Botany".

Pencil and color sketch of fruit with sketch of flower on back, before 1817 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6Identifier: gra00002
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Not found in "American Medical Botany".

Pencil sketch with note "flowers [indecipherable]", before 1817 Digital

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6Identifier: gra00002
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Not found in "American Medical Botany".

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

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1Identifier: gra00002
Scope and Content: The Bigelow collection consists of botanical illustrations and supporting material. There are 44 original botanical illustrations and printed plates, mostly pertaining to Bigelow's “American Medical Botany,” including pen and ink drawings and pencil drawings - some colored - and hand-colored proofs. There were 17 packets of specimens with identifying labels. Plants were collected in Europe; some are dated March 1839. The specimens were mounted on specimen sheets and were...