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Farmers harvesting cochineal beetles, Dactylopius coccus, from Opuntia cochenillifera cactus and roasting and drying the insects to prepare carmine dye, Mexico, circa 1800. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.
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Caption:
Farmers harvesting cochineal beetles, Dactylopius coccus, from Opuntia cochenillifera cactus and roasting and drying the insects to prepare carmine dye, Mexico, circa 1800. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.
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Image size:
4801 x 5959 px | 81.9 MB
Print size:
40.6 x 50.5 cm | 16.0 x 19.9 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH • AGRICULTURIST • BEETLE • BILDERBUCH FUR KINDER • CACTUS • CARMINE • COCHINEAL • COPPERPLATE • DACTYLOPIUS COCCUS • DRY • EDUCATIONAL • ENCYCLOPEDIA • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • FARMER • FARMERS • FRIEDRICH JOHANN BERTUCH • GERMAN • GERMANS • HANDCOLOURED • HARVEST • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • INSECTS • MEXICO • NATURAL HISTORY • NATURAL SCIENCES • NATURE STUDY • OPUNTIA COCHENILLIFERA • PEASANT • PICTURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN • PRINT • PUBLISHER • RED DYE • ROAST • SCARLET • WEIMAR
