COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
31979
Record number:
31979-5
JCB call number:
D790 C771c
Image title:
Sea Horses of Icy Cape.
Place image published:
[Newcastle]
Image publisher:
[M. Brown]
Image date:
[1790]
Image function:
plate; vol. 3, following p. 540
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
9.8 cm.
Image dimension width:
17.3 cm.
Page dimension height:
20.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
12.8 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
Description:
Englishmen shoot walruses or sea horses on Icy Cape, present-day Alaska. Includes scene of hunting, ships, boats, and guns or muskets.
Source creator:
Cook, James, 1728-1779
Source Title:
Captain Cook's voyages round the world ...
Source place of publication:
[Newcastle]
Source publisher:
Printed by M. Brown, at the Bible, in the Flesh-Market
Source date:
M.DCC.XC. [1790]
notes:
Image placed horizontally on page.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1957.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
North America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
Subject headings:
Natural history--Alaska
Sea Horses of Icy Cape.
