COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
09905
accession_no
09905
Accession number
false
Record number:
09905-8
record_number
09905-8
Record number
false
JCB call number:
E722 L114n
jcb_call_no
E722 L114n
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Sunfish, "assiette," and garfish]
image_title
[Sunfish, "assiette," and garfish]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Pierre-François Giffart]
image_publisher
[Pierre-François Giffart]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1722]
image_date
[1722]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; vol. 1, following p. 312
image_function
plate; vol. 1, following p. 312
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
13 cm.
image_dimensions_height
13 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
6.7 cm.
image_dimensions_width
6.7 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
16.9 cm.
page_dimensions_height
16.9 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
8.8 cm.
page_dimensions_width
8.8 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
French
languages
French
Languages
false
Description:
The sunfish, garfish, and so-called "assiette" (a type of fish).
description
The sunfish, garfish, and so-called "assiette" (a type of fish).
Description
false
Source creator:
Labat, Jean Baptiste, 1663-1738
source_creator
Labat, Jean Baptiste, 1663-1738
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amerique, ...
source_title
Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amerique, ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Paris
source_place_of_publication
A Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Rue S. Jacques, chez Pierre-François Giffart, près la ruë des Mathurins, à l'Image Sainte Therese
source_publisher
Rue S. Jacques, chez Pierre-François Giffart, près la ruë des Mathurins, à l'Image Sainte Therese
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M. DCC. XXII. [1722]
source_date
M. DCC. XXII. [1722]
Source date
false
notes:
Labat was a Dominican missionary and is supposed to have illustrated this book himself. Labat's "orphi" is the "orphie" variously referred to as the garfish, horn-fish, green-bone, sea-pike, or snipe-eel. Labat discusses the habitats and food value of these fish.
notes
Labat was a Dominican missionary and is supposed to have illustrated this book himself. Labat's "orphi" is the "orphie" variously referred to as the garfish, horn-fish, green-bone, sea-pike, or snipe-eel. Labat discusses the habitats and food value of these fish.
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1890.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1890.
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
Commentary:
commentary
<a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a>
Commentary
false
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Fish as food
subject_heads
Fish as food
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Fishes--Caribbean Area
subject_heads
Fishes--Caribbean Area
Subject headings
false