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Charles M. Carton Print Collection, 1614-1870.
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Title: Charles M. Carton Print Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1614-1870.
Manuscript Collection number: 88
Creator: Carton, Charles M.
Extent: 5 boxes and 62 folders, 2 oversize folders.
Repository:
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
History and Special Collections Division
History and Special Collections Division
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1798
Shelf location: Held at the BIOSPEC-CAGESTAX of the Biomedical Library History Division Special Collections.
Language:
English.
Source of Acquisition/Provenance
The collection was created by Charles Carton, M.D. and donated to the History & Special
Collections Division in 1992.
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
History and Special Collections Division, UCLA. All requests for permission to
publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the
Biomedical Library History and Special Collections Division Manuscripts
Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
History and Special Collections Division as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright
holder, which must also be obtained.
[identification of item], Charles Carton print collection (Manuscript collection 88). History & Special Collections, Louise
M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
964211
The science of natural history emerged during the Renaissance as the study of nature
shifted from medicinal and practical concerns to the description and classification of
life forms. Because of their ability to represent plants and animals in vivid detail,
artists were hired by naturalists to illustrate their publications. Artists such as
Leonardo da Vinci and Albrect Durer took such an avid interest in the depiction of the
natural world that they qualify as naturalists in their own right. The same can be said
of many of the later artists included in this collection: G.D. Ehret, John M. Gould,
Pierre-Joseph Redoute, and Abraham Munting.
The prints were organized by the processor into the following series:
- Botanical prints (family or species names of plants may also be listed)
- Architectural prints
- Astronomical prints
- Satirical prints (see under Rowlandson)
- Miscellaneous prints
In addition to a list of subject headings for each print, a genre heading is also listed,
which names the print process.
- Box 1 contains folders 1-13 and consists of botanical prints.
- Box 2 contains folders 14-25 and consists of botanical prints.
- Box 3 contains folders 26-41 and consists of botanical prints.
- Box 4 contains folders 42-51 and consists of astronomical prints (folders 42-44), satirical prints (45,49-51), and architectural prints (46-48).
- Box 5 contains folders 52-62 and consists of architectural (52-57) and miscellaneous prints (58-62), which include an image of the pig-tailed monkey (62) and a portrait of Carl von Linne (60).
The Charles M. Carton Print Collection consists of American and European Antiquarian and
Natural History prints. It includes botanical prints, nature prints, ornithological
prints, architectural prints, satirical prints, and miscellaneous loose prints from the
17th to 19th century with several interesting 20th century images.
Nature-printing and nature-prints--Specimens.
Monkeys--Pictorial works.
Satire--Pictorial works.
Botany--pictorial works. (MeSH)
Astronomy--pictorial works. (MeSH)
Architecture--pictorial works. (MeSH)
Birds--pictorial works. (MeSH)
Intaglio prints
Lithographs
Woodcuts