Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Edward Thatch alias Zwartbaard doodgebleeven.
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Accession number:
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07168
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Record number:
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07168-3
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JCB call number:
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D725 D314hA
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Image title:
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Edward Thatch alias Zwartbaard doodgebleeven.
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Place image published:
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[Amsterdam]
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Image publisher:
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[Hermanus Uytwerf]
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Image date:
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[1725]
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Image function:
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plate; following p. 136
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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12.6 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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8.3 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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15.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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9 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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Dutch
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Description:
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Portrait of Edward Teach, or Edward Thatch, also known as Blackbeard. He wears a sword and a bandoleer with numerous pistols. Also includes boat and ship.
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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. Dutch] Historie der engelsche zee-roovers ... door Capiteyn Charles Johnson
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Source place of publication:
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Tot Amsterdam
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Source publisher:
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By Hermanus Uytwerf
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Source date:
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1725
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notes:
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Blackbeard, born Edward Drummond, may also have been called Edward Thatch. He was one of the most feared of all the pirates and he practised his profession along the North Carolina coast. He was known for twisting matches in his hair and setting them alight. This work is often attributed to Defoe based on textual relationship to works of Defoe's proven authorship together with supporting external evidence.
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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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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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