Ocean gems, circa 1850
- Title(s):
- Ocean gems.
- Published/Created:
- England, circa 1850.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (37 leaves) : 38 seaweed specimens ; 26 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsSH390.5.G7 O24+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16640534
- Classification:
- Archives & Manuscripts
- Notes:
- Bound in contemporary half calf and brown cloth. Title stamped in gold on front cover. Stationer's label on front pastedown: Sold by Creamer, Lynde Place, Salem [Massachusetts].
Album of pressed seaweed specimens, neatly affixed on sheets that have been mounted to leaves of the album (with two loose sheets at the end). A number of the specimens are arranged in a decorative circular layout. Specimens are not accompanied by identifying information.
The leaf bearing the first seaweed specimen is annotated in manuscript: "For the orphans" (at center) and "Sold for Muller's Orphan House near Bristol" (lower right corner). The album was presumably compiled and sold as a fund raiser for George Müller's New Orphan Houses at Ashley Down, near Bristol, the first of which was built in 1849. - Subject Terms:
- Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Great Britain.Botanical specimens -- Great Britain.Marine algae -- Great Britain.New Orphan Houses (Charity)Orphanages -- England -- Bristol.Pressed flower pictures.
- Form/Genre:
- Herbaria.
Albums.
Botanical illustrations. - Export:
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