About This Item
Title
Cicuta maculata
Subject
Plants, Medicinal
Plants, Toxic
Cicuta
Book Illustrations
Description
Possibly engraved by W. B. Annin or Annin and Smith from a drawing by Jacob Bigelow(?).
Colored engraving of Cicuta maculata or American Hemlock (Figure 1).
Creator
Annin, William B., 1791?-1839
Annin & Smith
Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879
Source
Original image in: Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879. American Medical Botany (Boston: Cummings and Hilliard, 1817-1820). Qx 116 (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
American Medical Botany was intended for the public and offered descriptions of each depicted plant’s botanical history, chemical analysis, and medical uses. It was the only book published in the United States prior to the introduction of chromolithography to have its plates mechanically printed in color. Bigelow initially planned to use hand colored copperplate engravings but, when this proved be too ambitious, turned to aquatint plates printed in colors à la poupée, with some finished by hand.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1817
Language
lat
Type
StillImage
Identifier
Qx_116.pl12
Original Format
1 print : engraving, color
Physical Dimensions
21 x 15 cm
Citation
Annin, William B., 1791?-1839, Annin & Smith, and Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879, “Cicuta maculata,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 13, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/93.