Canary Islanders circling a fountain tree (Spathodea campanulata) and filling their urns with the water it secretes. Wood-engraving, ca. 1748.

Date:
1748
Reference:
25428i
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The main picture has an oval border surrounded by a map of the Canary Islands

The fountain tree has inflated sepals full of secreted (?) water

Publication/Creation

London (Kings Arms, in St. Pauls Church Yard) : J. Hinton, 1748.

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 20 x 23.2 cm

Lettering

The Canary Islands; & a draught of the fountain-tree in the island of Ferro. design'd & engrav'd for the Universal magazine, for J. Hinton, at the Kings Arms, in St. Pauls Church Yard, London, 1748 ... Lettering includes the names of islands and towns on the surrounding map

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Wellcome Collection 25428i

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