Cochineal production at the town of Guaspaltepeque Product:Postcard 'Lilly white Vinegar 3 pence

'Lilly white Vinegar 3 pence a quart'

Men carry relegious texts on scrolls

Two figures lettered D

Original: pencil on paper

Cochineal production at the town of Guaspaltepeque Product:Postcard 'Lilly white Vinegar 3 penceSchematic view of the town of Guaspaltepeque, in Oaxaca State, Mexico,as a centre for cochineal production. The simplified landscape shows a church and curate's house, but mainly the agriculture, collection and processing of cochineal, the traditional Mexican dye, from the scale insect Dactylopius coccus. From the manuscript copy paper 'Dr Houston's letter to Sir Hans Sloane giving an account of some plants and enclosing a draught of the town of