Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Capt. Bartholomew Roberts.
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Accession number:
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07166
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Record number:
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07166-2
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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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Capt. Bartholomew Roberts.
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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. 228
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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28.8 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 Bartholomew Roberts standing before fortifications which are being attacked by ships. Includes men landing in a boat, sword, pistols, a skull and bones.
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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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One of the most notorious pirates of his day, Roberts, known as Black Bart, practiced piracy off of the coast of Brazil and in the Caribbean where he was said to have captured over a hundred ships. 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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Caribbean Islands
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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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