Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Native Americans torture another]
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Accession number:
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35310
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Record number:
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35310-4
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JCB call number:
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E723 B131v
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Image title:
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[Native Americans torture another]
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Place image published:
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[Amsterdam]
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Image publisher:
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[Henry des Bordes]
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Image date:
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[1723]
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 2, following p. 24
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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13 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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7.6 cm
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Page dimension height:
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16.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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8.8 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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French
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Description:
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Native Americans stick knives through a native American tied to a stake. Another pours boiling water, made on an adjoining fire, over the victim. Includes settlement with dwellings, leggings, vessels, and feathered headdress.
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Source creator:
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Bacqueville de La Potherie, M. de (Claude-Charles LeRoy), 1663-1736
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Source Title:
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[Histoire de l'Amerique Septentrionale] Voyage de l'Amerique ... Tome second
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Source place of publication:
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A Amsterdam
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Source publisher:
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Chez Henry des Bordes
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Source date:
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M.DCC.XXIII [1723]
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notes:
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The second volume of La Potherie's book contains valuable information gathered from several unpublished reports (now nearly all lost) of Nicolas Perrot, an interpreter and fur trader, who wrote on the Indian nations of northern North America.
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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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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--Wars
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