COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
35592
Record number:
35592-1
JCB call number:
D789 J69h2 (copy 2)
Image title:
Navigation, Hope, & Fame, inviting Columbus to the Discovery of the New World.
Place image published:
[London]
Image publisher:
[E. Newbery]
Image date:
[1789]
Image function:
frontispiece
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
11.1 cm.
Image dimension width:
6.4 cm.
Page dimension height:
13.4 cm.
Page dimension width:
7.7 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
Description:
Christopher Columbus, holding a map, points to the new world. He is flanked by the angel of fame holding a trumpet and a woman holding an anchor (symbolizing Hope). A child kneels before him spilling out coins from a cornucopia. Men behind him land from a boat. Also includes ship.
Source creator:
Johnson, R. (Richard), 1733 or 4-1793
Source Title:
The history of South America. Containing the discoveries of Columbus, the conquest of Mexico and Peru, and the other transactions of the Spaniards in the New World by the Rev. Mr. Cooper
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
Printed for E. Newbery, the Corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard
Source date:
1789
Time Period:
1751-1800
Visual categories:
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Portraits
Subject headings:
Emblems
Navigation, Hope, & Fame, inviting Columbus to the Discovery of the New World.
