Tree cotton (Gossypium arboreum): flowering and fruiting stem with caterpillar. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807, after M. Merian.
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717.
- Date:
- 20 June 1807
- Reference:
- 25551i
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Description
The cotton plant has many uses; it yields cooking oil, a possible male contraceptive and a yellow dye
Publication/Creation
London : published as the Act directs by J. Wilkes, 20 June 1807.
Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 24.8 x 19 cm
Lettering
Gossypium. Gossypium religiosum; or cotton tree. M. Merian delt. J. Pass sculpt.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 25551i
Type/Technique
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Location Status Access Closed stores