COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
29836
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29836
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Record number:
29836-5
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29836-5
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JCB call number:
DC R888a
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DC R888a
JCB call number
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Image title:
Mr. Samuel Adams.
image_title
Mr. Samuel Adams.
Image title
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Creator 1:
Paul Revere
creator1
Paul Revere
Creator 1
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Creator 1 dates:
1734-1818
creator1_dates
1734-1818
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Creator 1 role:
Scp.
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Scp.
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false
Place image published:
[Boston]
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[Boston]
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Image publisher:
[Isaiah Thomas]
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[Isaiah Thomas]
Image publisher
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Image date:
[1774]
image_date
[1774]
Image date
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Image function:
frontispiece
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frontispiece
Image function
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Technique:
engraving
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engraving
Technique
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Image dimension height:
10.6 cm.
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10.6 cm.
Image dimension height
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Image dimension width:
9.3 cm.
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9.3 cm.
Image dimension width
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Page dimension height:
23.5 cm.
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23.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
14.9 cm.
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14.9 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Languages:
English
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English
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Description:
Portrait of Samuel Adams flanked by Liberty, as a woman with a Phrygian cap on a staff standing on a book entitled, "Laws to Enslave America," and by a woman in armor on the other side, standing on a soldier with G.R. XXIX on his hat. Above the portrait is an angel sounding a trumpet. Also includes a scroll of the Magna Carta.
description
Portrait of Samuel Adams flanked by Liberty, as a woman with a Phrygian cap on a staff standing on a book entitled, "Laws to Enslave America," and by a woman in armor on the other side, standing on a soldier with G.R. XXIX on his hat. Above the portrait is an angel sounding a trumpet. Also includes a scroll of the Magna Carta.
Description
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Source Title:
The royal American magazine, or Universal repository of instruction and amusement. For April, 1774
source_title
The royal American magazine, or Universal repository of instruction and amusement. For April, 1774
Source Title
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Source place of publication:
Boston
source_place_of_publication
Boston
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed by and for I. Thomas, near the Market ...
source_publisher
Printed by and for I. Thomas, near the Market ...
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1774
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1774
Source date
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notes:
Revere based his design on John Singleton Copley's portrait of Samuel Adams painted circa 1770 (and owned at that time by John Hancock). The supporting frame follows the emblematic vignette bust portrait of Richard, Earl Temple, in The Scots Scourge, vol. 1, [London, 1765]. The Liberty cap was based on the Phrygian cap of manumission of Asia Minor which was worn by slaves after they had been freed. It was adopted by the Sons of Liberty in America sometime after the French and Indian War in their rebellion against the British crown. Later as the "bonnet rouge," it became the symbol of the French Revolution. The infamous twenty-ninth British regiment had taken part in the Boston Massacre. Published first by Isaiah Thomas and then Joseph Greenleaf in Boston, this magazine was produced from January 1774 until April 1775 when the war put an end to publication.
notes
Revere based his design on John Singleton Copley's portrait of Samuel Adams painted circa 1770 (and owned at that time by John Hancock). The supporting frame follows the emblematic vignette bust portrait of Richard, Earl Temple, in The Scots Scourge, vol. 1, [London, 1765]. The Liberty cap was based on the Phrygian cap of manumission of Asia Minor which was worn by slaves after they had been freed. It was adopted by the Sons of Liberty in America sometime after the French and Indian War in their rebellion against the British crown. Later as the "bonnet rouge," it became the symbol of the French Revolution. The infamous twenty-ninth British regiment had taken part in the Boston Massacre. Published first by Isaiah Thomas and then Joseph Greenleaf in Boston, this magazine was produced from January 1774 until April 1775 when the war put an end to publication.
notes
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Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
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References:
Brigham, C.S. Paul Revere's engravings, p. 84
references_
Brigham, C.S. Paul Revere's engravings, p. 84
References
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Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1946.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1946.
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
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false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
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Subject Area:
Portraits
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Portraits
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803
subject_heads
Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Emblems--America
subject_heads
Emblems--America
Subject headings
false