COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
06078
Record number:
06078-1
JCB call number:
E826 C714j / 2-SIZE
Image title:
Sketch of a Flat bottom Boat; such as are used to descend the Ohio and the Mississipi.
Creator 1:
Tardieu l'ainé
Creator 1 role:
gravé par
Place image published:
[Paris]
Image publisher:
[Arthus Bertrand]
Image date:
[1826]
Image function:
Plate 7
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
13.2 cm.
Image dimension width:
19 cm.
Page dimension height:
36 cm.
Page dimension width:
26 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
Description:
Flat-bottomed boat with two oars on the water.
Source creator:
Collot, Georges Henri Victor, 1750-1805
Source Title:
A journey in North America, containing a survey of the countries watered by the Mississipi, Ohio, and Missouri ... Atlas
Source place of publication:
Paris
Source publisher:
Sold by Arthus Bertrand, bookseller, No. 23, Hautefeuille-Street
Source date:
1826
notes:
General Victor Collot fought under Rochambeau during the Revolution and later became governor of Guadeloupe. In 1796 he returned to North America to survey the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Before his death in 1805, his work had been printed but was suppressed for political reasons and not sold until 1826. The engraver is probably Jean Baptiste Pierre Tardieu, 1746-1816. Image placed horizontally on page.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Commentary:
geographic area:
North America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject headings:
Boats and boating