MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
84-117
Record number:
84-117-1
JCB call number:
En695 C782 /1-SIZE
Image title:
A Prospect of Bridge Town [in Barbados. 1695 By Samuel Copen.]
Creator 1:
Johannes Kip
Creator 1 dates:
1653-1722
Creator 1 role:
fecit
Place image published:
London
Image date:
1695
Image function:
separate print in two sheets
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
40.8 cm.
Image dimension width:
57.4 cm.
Page dimension height:
54.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
62 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
Description:
Left part of a two-sheet view of the town of Bridgetown in Barbados. Built environment includes dwellings, ships, boats, fortifications, wharves, and windmills. Items in image are identified by name.
notes:
This engraving was the first large panoramic view of an English colony in America. Title in brackets supplied from the right part of this two-sheet view.
Time Period:
1651-1700
References:
John Carter Brown Library, Rare Americana, no. 62
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1984.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings:
Barbados--Description and travel

A Prospect of Bridge Town [in Barbados. 1695 By Samuel Copen.]

     
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