A plantation of cochineal cacti (Nopalea cochenillifera) with workers gathering and preparing cochineal. Engraving.
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Cochineal cacti were grown for the dried bodies of mealy bugs feeding on them which were collected for preparation of carmine, a scarlet dye
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1 print : engraving ; platemark 18.8 x 24 cm
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The manner of propagating, gathering and curing the grana or cochineel. engrav'd for the Christian's magazine
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Wellcome Collection 25317i
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