COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
04-80
Record number:
04-80-1
JCB call number:
D777 B862t
Image title:
Sr. Francis Drake. Receiving ye Homage & Regalia of ye King of New Albion.
Creator 1:
B. Cole
Creator 1 dates:
active 1755
Creator 1 role:
sculp.
Place image published:
[London]
Image publisher:
[R. James, J. Dursley, A. Mallard, J. Darnton, F. Newton, and E. Caxton]
Image date:
[1777]
Image function:
plate, following p. 51
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
17.5 cm.
Image dimension width:
10.5 cm.
Page dimension height:
21.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
12.7 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
Description:
Portrait of Sir Francis Drake holding a baton in one hand with his other hand resting on a globe. In the background is a scene of naval warfare. Includes a vignette of Drake receiving a feathered crown from native Americans. Also includes ships, feathered headdresses and garments, and soldiers.
Source Title:
Britannia triumphant: or, An account of the sea-fights and victories of the English nation ...
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
Sold by R. James, J. Dursley, A. Mallard, J. Darnton, F. Newton, and E. Caxton
Source date:
MDCCLXXVII. [1777]
notes:
Francis Drake anchored in what many believe to be present-day San Francisco, California, in June 1579. He and his party found native Americans living in log huts which were pointed at the top and had earth piled around. Inside the inhabitants sat on straw around a fire. When the English landed, the chief of the natives gave a speech to the English and presented Drake with a crown. The English misguidedly believed that the ceremony gave the land to them and claimed the land for England, giving it the name, New Albion.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 2004.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
North America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area:
Portraits
Subject headings:
Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540-1596
Sr. Francis Drake. Receiving ye Homage & Regalia of ye King of New Albion.
