COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
04554
accession_no
04554
Accession number
false
Record number:
04554
record_number
04554
Record number
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JCB call number:
En794 H235w / 2
jcb_call_no
En794 H235w / 2
JCB call number
false
Image title:
The Waterfall of Niagara ... La Cascade de Niagara ...
image_title
The Waterfall of Niagara ... La Cascade de Niagara ...
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Robert Hancock
creator1
Robert Hancock
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1730-1817
creator1_dates
1730-1817
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
fecit
creator1_role
fecit
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
London
place_image_published
London
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street
image_publisher
Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1794
image_date
1794
Image date
false
Image function:
print
image_function
print
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
technique
engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
23.3 cm.
image_dimensions_height
23.3 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
38.7 cm.
image_dimensions_width
38.7 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
29.9 cm.
page_dimensions_height
29.9 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
43.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
43.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink, colors
materials_medium
ink, colors
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English, French
languages
English, French
Languages
false
Description:
View of Niagara Falls with priest, monk [?], other European men, a native American wearing feathered headdress, and a dog in foreground. Black men [slaves?] carry burdens on their heads on opposite side of the falls.
description
View of Niagara Falls with priest, monk [?], other European men, a native American wearing feathered headdress, and a dog in foreground. Black men [slaves?] carry burdens on their heads on opposite side of the falls.
Description
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notes:
A "perspective view" of Niagara drawn by Hancock, based upon Robert Sayer's view published in London, circa 1751-1770, which in turn derived from the view of the falls first published in Louis Hennepin, Nouvelle decouverte, Utrecht, 1697. Similar views were used by Herman Moll and Henry Popple as insets on their maps in the early eighteenth century. This print was removed from Washington Irving, Life of Washington, vol. VI, p. 466, and is held separately.
notes
A "perspective view" of Niagara drawn by Hancock, based upon Robert Sayer's view published in London, circa 1751-1770, which in turn derived from the view of the falls first published in Louis Hennepin, Nouvelle decouverte, Utrecht, 1697. Similar views were used by Herman Moll and Henry Popple as insets on their maps in the early eighteenth century. This print was removed from Washington Irving, Life of Washington, vol. VI, p. 466, and is held separately.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1961.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1961.
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
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
subject_groups
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Niagara Falls (N. Y. and Ont.)--Description and travel
subject_heads
Niagara Falls (N. Y. and Ont.)--Description and travel
Subject headings
false