COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
28730
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28730
Accession number
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Record number:
28730-5
record_number
28730-5
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D744 H314n / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
D744 H314n / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
The Whale Fishery and Killing the Bears
image_title
The Whale Fishery and Killing the Bears
Image title
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[T. Woodward ... ]
image_publisher
[T. Woodward ... ]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1744]
image_date
[1744]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; vol. 2, following p. 387
image_function
plate; vol. 2, following p. 387
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
32.4 cm.
image_dimensions_height
32.4 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
21.5 cm.
image_dimensions_width
21.5 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
40.3 cm.
page_dimensions_height
40.3 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
24.8 cm.
page_dimensions_width
24.8 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English
languages
English
Languages
false
Description:
Whale hunt and illustrations of different varieties of whales. At top men in boats harpoon whales while men in the foreground kill bears. At bottom are a humpback whale, fin whale, sea unicorn or narwhal, a morse or walrus, and a whale louse. Also includes a harpoon, ships, spears, icebergs, and guns or muskets.
description
Whale hunt and illustrations of different varieties of whales. At top men in boats harpoon whales while men in the foreground kill bears. At bottom are a humpback whale, fin whale, sea unicorn or narwhal, a morse or walrus, and a whale louse. Also includes a harpoon, ships, spears, icebergs, and guns or muskets.
Description
false
Source creator:
Harris, John, 1667?-1719
source_creator
Harris, John, 1667?-1719
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Navigantium atque itinirantium bibliotheca. Or, A compleat collection of voyages and travels ...
source_title
Navigantium atque itinirantium bibliotheca. Or, A compleat collection of voyages and travels ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for T. Woodward, A. Ward, S. Birt, D. Browne, T. Longman ...
source_publisher
Printed for T. Woodward, A. Ward, S. Birt, D. Browne, T. Longman ...
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M.DCC.XLIV. [1744]
source_date
M.DCC.XLIV. [1744]
Source date
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Arctic
geographic_areas
Arctic
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Whaling
subject_heads
Whaling
Subject headings
false