COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
30743
accession_no
30743
Accession number
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Record number:
30743
record_number
30743
Record number
false
JCB call number:
Un79 L581s
jcb_call_no
Un79 L581s
JCB call number
false
Image title:
A S. W. View of the college in Providence, together with the President's House & Gardens.
image_title
A S. W. View of the college in Providence, together with the President's House & Gardens.
Image title
false
Creator 1:
David Leonard
creator1
David Leonard
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
del.
creator1_role
del.
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
Samuel Hill
creator2
Samuel Hill
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 dates:
d. 1804
creator2_dates
d. 1804
Creator 2 dates
false
Creator 2 role:
sculpt.
creator2_role
sculpt.
Creator 2 role
false
Image publisher:
[Boston?]
image_publisher
[Boston?]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1795?]
image_date
[1795?]
Image date
false
Image function:
print
image_function
print
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
16.8 cm.
image_dimensions_height
16.8 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
27 cm.
image_dimensions_width
27 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
18 cm.
page_dimensions_height
18 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
27.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
27.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English
languages
English
Languages
false
Description:
View of College Edifice (now University Hall) and the president's house of present-day Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Also includes groups of people conversing, a dwelling, and a well.
description
View of College Edifice (now University Hall) and the president's house of present-day Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Also includes groups of people conversing, a dwelling, and a well.
Description
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notes:
This image, one of only two known views of Brown University, was designed by David Leonard, who graduated from Brown in 1792. It was the first published view of the largest building constructed in colonial Rhode Island.
notes
This image, one of only two known views of Brown University, was designed by David Leonard, who graduated from Brown in 1792. It was the first published view of the largest building constructed in colonial Rhode Island.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
John Carter Brown Library, Annual Report, 1951, p. 52; http://library.brow… (March 2012)
references_
John Carter Brown Library, Annual Report, 1951, p. 52; http://library.brown.edu/cds/images_of_brown/emlen/ (March 2012)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1950.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1950.
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:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
subject_groups
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Brown University
subject_heads
Brown University
Subject headings
false