COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
mediaCollectionId
JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
29768
accession_no
29768
Accession number
false
Record number:
29768-1
record_number
29768-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
BA701 B928p
jcb_call_no
BA701 B928p
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Printer and his assistant]
image_title
[Printer and his assistant]
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Miguel de Adame
creator1
Miguel de Adame
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
Sculp
creator1_role
Sculp
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
[Lima]
place_image_published
[Lima]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Joseph de Contreras]
image_publisher
[Joseph de Contreras]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1701]
image_date
[1701]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; recto leaf [148] (2nd count)
image_function
illustration; recto leaf [148] (2nd count)
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
7.9 cm.
image_dimensions_height
7.9 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
11.5 cm.
image_dimensions_width
11.5 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
20.1 cm.
page_dimensions_height
20.1 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
12.1 cm.
page_dimensions_width
12.1 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Portrait of the printer, José de Contreras y Alvarado, and his assistant in front of a type case stand and a fire. The printer holds a paper with the words Carlos II on it.
description
Portrait of the printer, José de Contreras y Alvarado, and his assistant in front of a type case stand and a fire. The printer holds a paper with the words Carlos II on it.
Description
false
Source creator:
Buendía, José de, 1644-1727
source_creator
Buendía, José de, 1644-1727
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Parentacion real al soberano nombre e immortal memoria del Catolico Rey de las Espanas y Emperador de las Indias ...
source_title
Parentacion real al soberano nombre e immortal memoria del Catolico Rey de las Espanas y Emperador de las Indias ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
En Lima
source_place_of_publication
En Lima
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Por Ioseph de Contreras, impressor real, del Santo Oficio, y de la Santa Cruzada
source_publisher
Por Ioseph de Contreras, impressor real, del Santo Oficio, y de la Santa Cruzada
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1701
source_date
1701
Source date
false
notes:
These images are the only known colonial period illustrations of a Peruvian printer and press. Charles II was king of Spain from 1665-1700. The engraver was a Dominican friar.
notes
These images are the only known colonial period illustrations of a Peruvian printer and press. Charles II was king of Spain from 1665-1700. The engraver was a Dominican friar.
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1945.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1945.
Provenance/Donor
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:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Portraits
subject_groups
Portraits
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Printing--Peru
subject_heads
Printing--Peru
Subject headings
false