Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Cohoes Fall, on the River Mohawk, 900 feet wide 75 feet high.
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Accession number:
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30179
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Record number:
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30179-2
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JCB call number:
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G770 K14t vol. 2 (copy 1)
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Image title:
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Cohoes Fall, on the River Mohawk, 900 feet wide 75 feet high.
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[T. Lowndes]
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Image date:
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[1771]
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Image function:
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plate; following p. 276
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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17.1 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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9.2 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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20.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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12.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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English
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Description:
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Cohoes Falls on the Mohawk River in New York.
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Source creator:
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Kalm, Pehr, 1716-1779
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Source Title:
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[Resa til Norra America. English] Travels into North America; : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed for the editor; and sold by T. Lowndes, in Fleet-street
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Source date:
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1771
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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http://www.cohoes.com/abcohoes/falls.html (May 2003)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1947.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Commentary:
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geographic area:
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North America
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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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New York (State)--Description and travel
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Subject headings:
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Waterfalls--New York State
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