Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Capt. Edward Low. in ye. Hurricane which he and all the Crew had Like to perish'd
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Accession number:
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07166
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Record number:
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07166-3
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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. Edward Low. in ye. Hurricane which he and all the Crew had Like to perish'd
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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. 266
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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28.7 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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19.3 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 Low in a hurricane. Low is wearing two pistols and a sword and is leaning on a cane.
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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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Low was alleged to be one of the most brutal of all pirates and the most notorious of any pirate to come out of New England. 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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