Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: An Indian Gazette.
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Accession number:
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29836
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Record number:
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29836-6
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JCB call number:
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DC R888a
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Image title:
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An Indian Gazette.
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Place image published:
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[Boston]
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Image publisher:
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[Isaiah Thomas]
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Image date:
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[1774]
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Image function:
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fold-out plate
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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17 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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18.5 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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21 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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29.8 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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Native American hieroglyphics which include fleur de lys, deer or stag, sun, moon, and dwellings.
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Source Title:
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The royal American magazine, or Universal repository of instruction and amusement. For May, 1774
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Source place of publication:
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Boston
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Source publisher:
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Printed by and for I. Thomas, near the Market ...
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Source date:
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1774
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notes:
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The text states that "This print is engraved from an authentic copy, drawn by a French engineer, from the American original." The plate shows how Canadian warriors, soon after the settlement of Canada, took up the hatchet in favor of the French against a hostile tribe that had allied with the English. In a smaller form this plate had appeared in LaHontan's Voyages, in both the French and English editions from 1703 to 1741. 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.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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Brigham, C.S. Paul Revere's engravings, p. 84-85
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1946.
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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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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Indians of North America
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