Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Bethanien in St. Jan ...
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Accession number:
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06302
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Record number:
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06302-3
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JCB call number:
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JA777 O44g copy 1
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Image title:
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Bethanien in St. Jan ...
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Creator 1:
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Christian Georg Andreas Oldendorp
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Creator 1 dates:
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1721-1787
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Creator 1 role:
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pinxit
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Creator 2:
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Johann Georg Sturm
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Creator 2 dates:
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1742-1793
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Creator 2 role:
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sculps.
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Place image published:
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Nurnbg. [Nuremberg]
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Image publisher:
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[Christian Friedrich Laux & heirs of Weidmann]
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Image date:
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[1777]
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Image function:
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fold-out plate; at front
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Technique:
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etching, engraving
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Image dimension height:
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17.5 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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22.5 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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18.8 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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35.5 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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German
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Description:
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View of the Moravian mission at Bethany in St. John. In the foreground is a rocky field with three black men. In the distance is a garden and dwellings. Also includes ships.
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Source creator:
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Oldendorp, C. G. A. (Christian Georg Andreas), 1721-1787
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Source Title:
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[Geschichte der Mission der Evangelischen Brüder auf den Caraibischen Inseln S. Thomas, S. Croix und S. Jan] C.G.A. Oldendorps Geschichte der Mission der Evangelischen Brüder auf den caraibischen Inseln S. Thomas, S. Croix und S. Jan
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Source place of publication:
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Barby
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Source publisher:
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bey Christian Friedrich Laux, und in Leipzig in Commission bey Weidmanns Erben und Reich
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Source date:
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1777
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notes:
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This work describes the establishment of the first Moravian mission in the Danish West Indies. Oldendorp was in the West Indies from 1767 to 1769. Bethany, located near Cruz Bay on the west shore of St. John, was a small plantation purchased by the Brethren in 1745. The Brethren enlarged a "Negro house" to be a meeting house for the community.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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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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Caribbean Islands
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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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Moravian Church -- Missions -- Virgin Islands of the United States
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