Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Neri, Janice
Nummedal, Tara
Calhoun, John V. (1961-....)
Titre(s) : John Abbot & William Swainson [Texte imprimé] : art, science, and commerce in nineteenth-century natural history illustration / Janice Neri, Tara Nummedal & John V. Calhoun
Publication : Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama press, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-239 p.) : ill. en coul. ; 29 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 231-233
An archive of never-before-published illustrations of insects and plants painted by
a pioneering naturalist. During his lifetime (1751-ca. 1840), English-born naturalist
and artist John Abbot rendered more than 4,000 natural history illustrations and profoundly
influenced North American entomology, as he documented many species in the New World
long before they were scientifically described. For sixty-five years, Abbot worked
in Georgia to advance knowledge of the flora and fauna of the American South by sending
superbly mounted specimens and exquisitely detailed illustrations of insects, birds,
butterflies, and moths, on commission, to collectors and scientists all over the world.
Between 1816 and 1818, Abbot completed 104 drawings of insects on their native plants
for English naturalist and patron William Swainson (1789-1855). Both Abbot and Swainson
were artists, naturalists, and collectors during a time when natural history and the
sciences flourished. Separated by nearly forty years in age, Abbot and Swainson were
members of the same international communities and correspondence networks upon which
the study of nature was based during this period. The relationship between these two
men-who never met in person-is explored in John Abbot and William Swainson: Art, Science,
and Commerce in Nineteenth-Century Natural History Illustration. This volume also
showcases, for the first time, the complete set of original, full-color illustrations
discovered in 1977 in the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington, New Zealand. Originally
intended as a companion to an earlier survey of insects from Georgia, the newly rediscovered
Turnbull manuscript presents beetles, grasshoppers, butterflies, moths, and a wasp.
Most of the insects are pictured with the flowering plants upon which Abbot thought
them to feed. Abbot's journal annotations about the habits and biology of each species
are also included, as are nomenclature updates for the insect taxa. Today, the Turnbull
drawings illuminate the complex array of personal and professional concerns that informed
the field of natural history in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. These illustrations
are also treasured artifacts from times past, their far-flung travels revealing a
world being reshaped by the forces of global commerce and information exchange even
then. The shared project of John Abbot and William Swainson is now brought to completion,
signaling the beginning of a new phase of its significance for modern readers and
scholars
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : John Abbot and William Swainson
Sujet(s) : Abbot, John (1751-1840)
Swainson, William (1789-1855)
Illustration en sciences naturelles -- 19e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey :
508.022 2 (23e éd.)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780817320133. - ISBN 081732013X (rel.). - ISBN 9780817392512 (eBook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46534662z
Notice n° :
FRBNF46534662
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Preface / Tara Nummedal ; Introduction : science and sentiment / Janice Neri ;
John Abbot's drawings and notes / with commentary by John V. Calhoun.
