Crepis acuminata pencil & ink sketch by Arthur Schott. 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
Schott, Arthur, 1814-1875; 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, Arthur Schott, John Torrey
Title
Crepis acuminata
Type
image
File name
Crepis acuminata.jpg
File size
31976461 Bytes
Height
5680
User name
NYBG-AD\eantobam
Width
3928
Checksum
1209633278
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
Epson V700 flatbed 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
Compositae
Image Location
Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah / by Howard Stansbury