Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: A Prospect of Bridge Town [in Barbados. 1695 By Samuel Copen.]
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Accession number:
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84-117
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Record number:
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84-117-1
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JCB call number:
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En695 C782 /1-SIZE
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Image title:
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A Prospect of Bridge Town [in Barbados. 1695 By Samuel Copen.]
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Creator 1:
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Johannes Kip
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Creator 1 dates:
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1653-1722
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Creator 1 role:
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fecit
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Place image published:
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London
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Image date:
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1695
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Image function:
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separate print in two sheets
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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40.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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57.4 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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54.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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62 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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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.
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notes:
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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.
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Time Period:
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1651-1700
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References:
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John Carter Brown Library, Rare Americana, no. 62
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1984.
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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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Caribbean Islands
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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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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Barbados--Description and travel
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