Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: A View of the Pierced island, a remarkable Rock in the Gulf of St. Laurence ... Vüe de l'Isle Percée, Rocher remarquable dans le Golfe St. Laurent
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Accession number:
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6367
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Record number:
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6367-6
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JCB call number:
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En760 S668s /6
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Image title:
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A View of the Pierced island, a remarkable Rock in the Gulf of St. Laurence ... Vüe de l'Isle Percée, Rocher remarquable dans le Golfe St. Laurent
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Creator 1:
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Hervey Smyth
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Creator 1 dates:
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fl. 1760
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Creator 1 role:
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Drawn on the Spot by
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Creator 2:
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P. Canot
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Creator 2 role:
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Engraved by
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Place image published:
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London
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Image publisher:
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Published ... by Thos. Jefferys, the corner of St. Martins Lane
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Image date:
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1760
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Image function:
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print
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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32.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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51.3 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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43 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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54.8 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, French
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Description:
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View of Pierced Island in Gaspee Bay. Includes ships and boats.
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Source creator:
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Smyth, Hervey
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Source Title:
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Inscribed to the Right Honourable William Pitt, ... Six elegant views of the most remarkable places in the river and gulph of St. Laurence, from the originals ...
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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published, according to act of Parliament, by Thomas Jefferys
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Source date:
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[1760]
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notes:
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This is the earliest known view of Pierced Island. It includes the H.M.S. Vanguard, under the command of Captain Robert Swanton. Hervey Smyth was an aide de camp to General James Wolfe. The Canadian landscapes engraved by Smyth were also included in a collection of views published by John Bowles, which are known collectively as Scenographia Americana (1768). Smyth's drawings were drawn on the spot and juxtaposed the British forces against dramatic Canadian landscapes.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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http://www.rbc.com/community/resources/art-collection/smyth.html (July 2003); Phelps Stokes, I.N. Iconography, I, p. 281 et seq.
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1910.
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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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