COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
04-80
Record number:
04-80-2
JCB call number:
D777 B862t
Image title:
Sr. Walter Ralegh. He was Beheaded Octor. 29, 1617, in the 77th Year of his Age.
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. 60
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
16.4 cm.
Image dimension width:
10.3 cm.
Page dimension height:
21.2 cm.
Page dimension width:
12 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
Description:
Portrait of Sir Walter Ralegh or Raleigh holding a baton and a copy of his History of the World; above his head is a laurel wreath and a crossed sword and quill. Includes vignette showing his execution at the Tower in London. Includes dwellings, fortifications, and ax.
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]
Time Period:
1751-1800
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 2004.
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:
Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618
Sr. Walter Ralegh. He was Beheaded Octor. 29, 1617, in the 77th Year of his Age.
