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04319aam a2200409 i 4500 001 68ACB924FF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 003 SILO 005 20191105010136 008 180615s2019 alua b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2018028788 020 $a 081732013X 020 $a 9780817320133 035 $a (OCoLC)1042080531 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDX $d ALM $d YDX $d NDD $d NZAUC $d AGL $d OCL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a QH46.5 N47 2019 070 0 $a QH46.5 $b .J64 2019 245 00 $a John Abbot & William Swainson : $b art, science, and commerce in nineteenth-century natural history illustration / $c Janice Neri, Tara Nummedal & John V. Calhoun. 246 30 $a John Abbot and William Swainson 264 1 $a Tuscaloosa : $b The University of Alabama Press, $c [2019] 300 $a x, 239 pages : $b illustrations (mostly color) ; $c 29 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-233) and indexes. 505 0 $a Preface / Tara Nummedal -- Introduction : science and sentiment / Janice Neri -- John Abbot's drawings and notes / with commentary by John V. Calhoun. 520 $a 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. 600 10 $a Abbot, John, $d 1751-1840. 600 10 $a Swainson, William, $d 1789-1855. 650 0 $a Natural history illustration $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Art and science $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Science $x History $x History $y 19th century. 700 1 $a Neri, Janice, $e writer of preface. 700 1 $a Nummedal, Tara E., $e writer of introduction. 700 1 $a Calhoun, John V., $e writer of added commentary. 700 12 $a Abbot, John, $d 1751-1840. $t Works. $k Selections. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200103021601.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=68ACB924FF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search