Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Captain Teach commonly call'd Black Beard.
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Accession number:
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07166
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Record number:
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07166-1
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JCB call number:
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D736 J966g / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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Captain Teach commonly call'd Black Beard.
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Creator 1:
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Joseph Nicholls [or Nickolls]
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Creator 1 dates:
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fl. 1726-1755
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Creator 1 role:
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delin.
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Creator 2:
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James Basire
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Creator 2 dates:
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1730-1802
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Creator 2 role:
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Sculp.
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[Olive Payne]
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Image date:
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[1736]
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Image function:
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plate, following p. 202
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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28.3 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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19.4 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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34.4 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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21 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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Portrait of Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard, standing on a wharf with casks and cargo. He wears two swords and a bandoleer with numerous pistols and knives. Also includes boat and ship.
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Source creator:
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Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
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Source Title:
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[General history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates] A general history of the lives and adventures of the most famous highwaymen, murderers, street-robbers, &c. ... By Captain Charles Johnson
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed for and sold by Olive Payne, at Horace's-Head, in Round-Court in the Strand, over against York-Buildings
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Source date:
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M.DCC.XXXVI [1736]
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notes:
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Blackbeard, born Edward Drummond, may also have been called Edward Thatch. He was one of the most feared of all the pirates and he practised his profession along the North Carolina coast. He was known for twisting matches in his hair and setting them alight. This work is often attributed to Defoe based on textual relationship to works of Defoe's proven authorship together with supporting external evidence.It also has also been attributed to Charles Johnson.
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1870.
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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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geographic area:
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North America
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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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Portraits
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Subject headings:
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Buccaneers
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Subject headings:
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Pirates
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