Fremontia californica pencil & ink sketch by A. Hochstein. Part of 42 original drawings by Isaac Sprague, Arthur Schott, and others for United States Pacific Railroad and other reports authored by John Torrey. Drawings are pencil, pen & ink, pencil & ink, or pencil & watercolor on paper. Many are undated, those that have dates range from 1825-1859. The collection is from the library of Judge Addison Brown, and was presented to NYBG by Mrs. Brown on May 15, 1915.
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Subject
Torrey, John, 1796-1873; United States Pacific Railroad Expeditions and Surveys; Botanical illustration -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century; Plants -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works; Scientific expeditions -- West (U.S.); Scientific expeditions -- West (U.S.); Explorers -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration
Keyword
Botanical Illustration, John Torrey, Fremontia californica
Title
Fremontia californica
Type
image
File name
Fremontia californica.jpg
File size
23637798 Bytes
Height
7594
User name
NYBG-AD\eantobam
Width
5590
Checksum
994345952
Color space
RGB
Dpi
600
Master file storage
New York Botanical Garden, Mertz Library SAN
Master file format
image/tiff
Master file dpi
600
Scanned by-individual
NYBG\eantobam
Scanner used
Konica Minolta PS5000C Color Face-up Publication Scanner
OCR
None.
Software
Adobe Photoshop CS4
Notes
Derivatives converted at NYBG. Batch apply using Photoshop CS4.
Additional notes
This item was scanned for the John Torrey Field Notebook Project, made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services ; Part of "Connecting Content : A collaboration to link field notes to specimens and published literature" ; Scanned on April 26, 2012.
Family Name
Malvaceae
Image Location
Plantæ frémontianæ, or, Descriptions of plants collected by Col. J.C. Frémont in California / by John Torrey
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