COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
29836
accession_no
29836
Accession number
false
Record number:
29836-11
record_number
29836-11
Record number
false
JCB call number:
DC R888a
jcb_call_no
DC R888a
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Water spout]
image_title
[Water spout]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Boston]
place_image_published
[Boston]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Joseph Greenleaf]
image_publisher
[Joseph Greenleaf]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1774]
image_date
[1774]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; following p. 340
image_function
plate; following p. 340
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
17.1 cm.
image_dimensions_height
17.1 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
11.5 cm.
image_dimensions_width
11.5 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
21.1 cm.
page_dimensions_height
21.1 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
12.7 cm.
page_dimensions_width
12.7 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English
languages
English
Languages
false
Description:
Diagram of a waterspout illustrating an article by Benjamin Franklin. Items in the image are numbered for identification in adjacent article.
description
Diagram of a waterspout illustrating an article by Benjamin Franklin. Items in the image are numbered for identification in adjacent article.
Description
false
Source Title:
The royal American magazine, or Universal repository of instruction and amusement. For September, 1774
source_title
The royal American magazine, or Universal repository of instruction and amusement. For September, 1774
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Boston
source_place_of_publication
Boston
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed by and sold at Greenleaf's Printing-Office in Union-street ...
source_publisher
Printed by and sold at Greenleaf's Printing-Office in Union-street ...
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1774
source_date
1774
Source date
false
notes:
Clarence Brigham attributes this maritime print to James Callendar. The text and this plate were taken from Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and observations on electricity, London, 1774, p. 224-241. The plate is on p. 232. 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
Clarence Brigham attributes this maritime print to James Callendar. The text and this plate were taken from Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and observations on electricity, London, 1774, p. 224-241. The plate is on p. 232. 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
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
Brigham, C.S. Paul Revere's engravings, p. 87-88
references_
Brigham, C.S. Paul Revere's engravings, p. 87-88
References
false
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
Owner and copyright
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Waterspouts
subject_heads
Waterspouts
Subject headings
false