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Plate 71, Iconographic encyclopaedia of science, literature, and art. / Systematically arranged by J.G. Heck. Translated from the German, with additions, and edited by Spencer F. Baird ... illustrated by five hundred steel plates, containing upwards of twelve

This is a Plate 71. It was written by Johann Georg Heck and published by Rudolph Peter Garrigue.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives as part of Botanical Lessons.

It is dated 1851. Its medium is printed paper. It is a part of the Exhibitions department.

This plate comes from an illustrated encyclopedia organized by German publisher and author Johann Georg Heck, in his 6-volume effort to comprise and organize knowledge of science, literature, and art in an accessible format. Figure 4 here depicts a walnut tree and figure 7 presents a variation of buckthorn, both of which are represented in corresponding botanical models on view in the central case nearby.

It is credited Smithsonian Libraries.

  • Sidewall, Botanical
  • cut and pasted paper with dried foliage on paper support.
  • Gift of Elizabeth Dow Ltd..
  • 1998-66-7

Its dimensions are

L x W (open): 24.1 × 62.2 cm (9 1/2 × 24 1/2 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Botanical Lessons.

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