Book ID: CBB000950653

The Art and Science of William Bartram (2007)

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Magee, Judith (Author)


Pennsylvania State University Press


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: xi + 264 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Includes Bartram's 68 drawings held at the Natural History Museum and works by other natural history artists of the 18th and 19th centuries, exploring Bartram's influence on American science of the period.


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Review Gronim, Sara Stidstone (2008) Review of "The Art and Science of William Bartram". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Fry, Joel T.
Giuseppe Papagno
Monson, Jim
Gannon, John
Sivils, Matthew Wynn
Fairman, Elisabeth R.
Journals
Archives of Natural History
Publishers
Yale University Press
University of Wisconsin at Madison
University of California, Davis
VDG
University of New Hampshire
University of Georgia Press
Concepts
Natural history
Science and art
National histories
Visual representation; visual communication
Botany
Scientific illustration
People
Bartram, William
Wilson, Alexander
Peale, Charles Willison
Humboldt, Alexander von
Audubon, John James
Cole, Thomas
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
17th century
16th century
Early modern
Places
United States
Philadelphia, PA
New England (U.S.)
Boston (Massachusetts, U.S.)
London (England)
Colombia
Institutions
Smithsonian Institution
United States. National Park Service
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
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