Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Le Chauve
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Accession number:
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88-19
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Record number:
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88-19-2
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JCB call number:
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E801 L655h / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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Le Chauve
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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De l'Imprimerie de Langlois
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Image date:
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[1801]
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Image function:
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vol. 1, plate 49
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Technique:
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engraving, color added à la poupée
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Image dimension height:
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31 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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22.2 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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32.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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24.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink, colors
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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French
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Description:
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A fruitcrow, perhaps the crimson fruitcrow.
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Source creator:
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Le Vaillant, François, 1753-1824
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Source Title:
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Histoire naturelle d'une partie d'oiseaux nouveaux et rares de l'Amérique et des Indes ... Tome premier
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Source place of publication:
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Paris
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Source publisher:
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chez J.E. Gabriel Dufour, libraire, rue de Tournon, no. 1126. Et, à Amsterdam, chez le même libraire. De l'imprimerie de Didot jeune, quai des Augustins, no. 22
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Source date:
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An IX [1801]
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notes:
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This work, of which only one volume was published, discusses birds, the cotingas, of northern South America, specifically of the Guianas. Text identifies the bird as not being a bald jackdaw or rook, as Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, alleged. Scientific name: Haematoderus militaris . Been identifies the artist of this image as Jacques Barraband.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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References:
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http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotingidae (Nov. 2003)
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References exhibitions:
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Been, A. Animals & Authors, Fig. VI: 4
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1987.
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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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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--South America
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