COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
mediaCollectionId
JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
95-13
accession_no
95-13
Accession number
false
Record number:
95-13-2
record_number
95-13-2
Record number
false
JCB call number:
J719 H879z / 1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
J719 H879z / 1-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Account of America]
image_title
[Account of America]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Moscow]
place_image_published
[Moscow]
Place image published
false
Image date:
[1719]
image_date
[1719]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; following p. 384
image_function
plate; following p. 384
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
24 cm.
image_dimensions_height
24 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
15.2 cm.
image_dimensions_width
15.2 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
30 cm.
page_dimensions_height
30 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
19 cm.
page_dimensions_width
19 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Russian
languages
Russian
Languages
false
Description:
An allegorical image of America as a seated native American woman [?] in a feathered skirt and headdress holding an arrow and shielded by a parasol. Before her are bars of gold, snakes, birds, and a kneeling man. In the background are two beavers.
description
An allegorical image of America as a seated native American woman [?] in a feathered skirt and headdress holding an arrow and shielded by a parasol. Before her are bars of gold, snakes, birds, and a kneeling man. In the background are two beavers.
Description
false
Source creator:
Hübner, Johann, 1668-1731
source_creator
Hübner, Johann, 1668-1731
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Kurtze Fragen aus der neuen und alten Geographie. Russian] Zemnovodnago kruga kratkoe opisan`ie
source_title
[Kurtze Fragen aus der neuen und alten Geographie. Russian] Zemnovodnago kruga kratkoe opisan`ie
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Napechatano v Moskvie [Moscow]
source_place_of_publication
Napechatano v Moskvie [Moscow]
Source place of publication
false
Source date:
1719
source_date
1719
Source date
false
notes:
Peter the Great commissioned a Russian translation of Hübner's popular geographical work in order to improve public knowledge of geography. In the year of the translation's publication, Peter sent out the first Russian expedition to explore the possibility of land connection between Asia and America. Title and imprint transliterated from the Russian.
notes
Peter the Great commissioned a Russian translation of Hübner's popular geographical work in order to improve public knowledge of geography. In the year of the translation's publication, Peter sent out the first Russian expedition to explore the possibility of land connection between Asia and America. Title and imprint transliterated from the Russian.
notes
false
Visual categories:
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
visual_categories
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
Visual categories
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1994.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1994.
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
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Emblems--America
subject_heads
Emblems--America
Subject headings
false