COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
92-137
accession_no
92-137
Accession number
false
Record number:
92-137
record_number
92-137
Record number
false
JCB call number:
Ge750 G611.2 / 1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
Ge750 G611.2 / 1-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
America
image_title
America
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Gottfried-Berhard Goetz
creator1
Gottfried-Berhard Goetz
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1708-1774
creator1_dates
1708-1774
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
Delineavit
creator1_role
Delineavit
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
Balthasar Sigmund Setlezkÿ
creator2
Balthasar Sigmund Setlezkÿ
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 role:
sculpsit
creator2_role
sculpsit
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
Augustae Vindelicorum [Augsburg]
place_image_published
Augustae Vindelicorum [Augsburg]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
Iohann Christian Leopold
image_publisher
Iohann Christian Leopold
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1750?
image_date
1750?
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:
46.7 cm.
image_dimensions_height
46.7 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
71.3 cm.
image_dimensions_width
71.3 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
61.3 cm.
page_dimensions_height
61.3 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
84 cm.
page_dimensions_width
84 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:
Latin, German
languages
Latin, German
Languages
false
Description:
Allegorical figure of America as a native American woman seated on an alligator holding a cornucopia and a parrot and attended by four figures representing different native American peoples. In the background, European soldiers arrive from a ship and erect a cross, and are greeted by native Americans with golden vessels. Cultural artifacts include war clubs, feathered headdresses and garments, ornaments, bows, spear, bird headdress, and dwellings. Also includes a wolf, sphere, shells, sacks of gold [?], and boat.
description
Allegorical figure of America as a native American woman seated on an alligator holding a cornucopia and a parrot and attended by four figures representing different native American peoples. In the background, European soldiers arrive from a ship and erect a cross, and are greeted by native Americans with golden vessels. Cultural artifacts include war clubs, feathered headdresses and garments, ornaments, bows, spear, bird headdress, and dwellings. Also includes a wolf, sphere, shells, sacks of gold [?], and boat.
Description
false
notes:
The image of Europeans being greeted by native Americans is taken from Theodor de Bry's depiction of Christopher Columbus's landfall in the New World. This print is one of four allegorical prints each representing Asia, Europe, America, or Africa.
notes
The image of Europeans being greeted by native Americans is taken from Theodor de Bry's depiction of Christopher Columbus's landfall in the New World. This print is one of four allegorical prints each representing Asia, Europe, America, or Africa.
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
Visual categories:
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
visual_categories
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
Visual categories
false
References:
http://www.ulg.ac.b… (Jan. 2004)
references_
http://www.ulg.ac.be/wittert/fr/dico/go/goetz_gb_notice.html (Jan. 2004)
References
false
References exhibitions:
Danforth, S. Encountering the New World, fig. 7
references_exhibitions
Danforth, S. Encountering the New World, fig. 7
References exhibitions
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1992.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1992.
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:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Emblems--America
subject_heads
Emblems--America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners
subject_heads
First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners
Subject headings
false