COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
9432
accession_no
9432
Accession number
false
Record number:
9432-1
record_number
9432-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D777 A311t
jcb_call_no
D777 A311t
JCB call number
false
Image title:
James Aitken, alias John the Painter.
image_title
James Aitken, alias John the Painter.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image date:
[1777]
image_date
[1777]
Image date
false
Image function:
frontispiece
image_function
frontispiece
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
9.9 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_height
9.9 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
9 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_width
9 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
16.5 cm.
page_dimensions_height
16.5 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
10 cm.
page_dimensions_width
10 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:
Portrait of James Aitken.
description
Portrait of James Aitken.
Description
false
Source creator:
Aitken, James, 1752-1777
source_creator
Aitken, James, 1752-1777
Source creator
false
Source Title:
The trial at large of James Hill, otherwise James Hind, otherwise James Aitken, commonly known by the name of John the Painter
source_title
The trial at large of James Hill, otherwise James Hind, otherwise James Aitken, commonly known by the name of John the Painter
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
[London]
source_place_of_publication
[London]
Source place of publication
false
Source date:
1777
source_date
1777
Source date
false
notes:
An impassioned supporter of the American Revolution, James Aitken, also known by other names, wished to attack the British Navy by burning down royal navy yards in Portsmouth and Bristol. He was eventually captured and executed for his terrorist activities.
notes
An impassioned supporter of the American Revolution, James Aitken, also known by other names, wished to attack the British Navy by burning down royal navy yards in Portsmouth and Bristol. He was eventually captured and executed for his terrorist activities.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
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
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Portraits
subject_groups
Portraits
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
subject_heads
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Subject headings
false