Jonas David Labram
Jonas David Labram (born Labran) (February 3, 1785 – April 3, 1852) was a Swiss botanical illustrator and naturalist. He also contributed entomological illustrations. He discovered several new plants in the Basel region that were included in Carl Friedrich Hagenbach's (1771–1849) flora of the region.
Also recorded as Labram · Jonas David Labran
Jonas David Labram
probably Hyacinthe Besson (1816 – 1861) · Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel, 1908, frontispiece · Public domain
- Born
- 1785. · Basel.
- Died
- 1852. · Basel.
- Nationality
- Switzerland.
- Languages
- German.
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Jonas David Labram (born Labran) (February 3, 1785 – April 3, 1852) was a Swiss botanical illustrator and naturalist. He also contributed entomological illustrations. He discovered several new plants in the Basel region that were included in Carl Friedrich Hagenbach's (1771–1849) flora of the region.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Jonas David Labram. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q21341225 · wikipedia · Jonas David Labram
In this article
Identity and overview
Identity and overview
The family were known for their involvement in the cloth industry in Neuchâtel. In 1715 the widow of Joshua Labran took up bleaching in the Seyon and was supported by the Huguenot J. The sons later continued the business. Deluze then opened a factory at Cortaillod in 1726, in Cressier and the Bied. The Neuchâtel dyeing industry then grew and spread. Labram grew up in one such family and settled in Chézard-Saint-Martin in the Val-de-Ruz. He took an interest in botany and botanical illustration. His works are widely reprinted without credit to him. An undated book on the poisonous plants of Switzerland by Johannes Jacob Hegetschweiler included 38 plates by Labram. Another work was published in 1842 and marks the end of his botanical illustration era. He then worked with Ludwig Imhoff to produce illustrations of insects. These were hand-colored lithographs. He was also assisted by his daughter Luise. His wife earned money as a laundress and it seems the Labram household was pressed for income. He also taught students including Rudolf Preiswerk (1810–1851) who was a teacher at the local grammar school. He died in 1852 and was buried in St.
The canonical record carries the following identifying particulars.
Origins and background
Origins and background
The following is established of origins and background. Born in 1785 at Basel. It is also recorded that jonas David Labram died in 1852 at Basel.
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Illustration
5,224 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Jon ArfstromIllustrator
- Jon BerkeleyIllustrator
- Jon KlassenIllustrator
- Jon WhitcombIllustrator
- Jonathan BougardIllustrator
- Jonathan EmmettIllustrator
- Jonathan GemsIllustrator
- Jonathan HillIllustrator
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Jonas David Labram?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.