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:
34352
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34352
Accession number
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Record number:
34352-5
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34352-5
Record number
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JCB call number:
D770 D757n / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
D770 D757n / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Admiral Anson's men in the dress of the Inhabitants of Payta.
image_title
Admiral Anson's men in the dress of the Inhabitants of Payta.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[J. Cooke]
image_publisher
[J. Cooke]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1770]
image_date
[1770]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; following p. 136
image_function
plate; following p. 136
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
17.1 cm.
image_dimensions_height
17.1 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
24.2 cm.
image_dimensions_width
24.2 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
35.9 cm.
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35.9 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
23 cm.
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23 cm.
Page dimension width
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Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
European man is greeted by other men dressed as women and gentlemen of Paita. Includes ship, boats, and British flag.
description
European man is greeted by other men dressed as women and gentlemen of Paita. Includes ship, boats, and British flag.
Description
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Source creator:
Drake, Edward Cavendish
source_creator
Drake, Edward Cavendish
Source creator
false
Source Title:
A new universal collection of authentic and entertaining voyages and travels, from the earliest accounts to the present time ...
source_title
A new universal collection of authentic and entertaining voyages and travels, from the earliest accounts to the present time ...
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false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
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false
Source publisher:
Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakepear's Head, in Pater-Noster-Row
source_publisher
Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakepear's Head, in Pater-Noster-Row
Source publisher
false
Source date:
MDCCLXX [1770]
source_date
MDCCLXX [1770]
Source date
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notes:
George Anson, Baron Anson, was given orders by the Admiralty to raid Spanish possessions along the South American coast and to disrupt their trade, was famous for the sacking of Paita, Peru. The town was taken with only one man killed and the inhabitants fled without dressing, so that the sailors breaking into their houses, seized their clothes and paraded about in them, some in women's clothes. Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
George Anson, Baron Anson, was given orders by the Admiralty to raid Spanish possessions along the South American coast and to disrupt their trade, was famous for the sacking of Paita, Peru. The town was taken with only one man killed and the inhabitants fled without dressing, so that the sailors breaking into their houses, seized their clothes and paraded about in them, some in women's clothes. Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1874.
Provenance/Donor
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
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Peru--History--1548-1820
subject_heads
Peru--History--1548-1820
Subject headings
false