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:
35292
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35292
Accession number
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Record number:
35292-6
record_number
35292-6
Record number
false
JCB call number:
J590 B915v GVG 4 / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
J590 B915v GVG 4 / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Columbus verspottet seine Verächter sittlich und glimpsslich.
image_title
Columbus verspottet seine Verächter sittlich und glimpsslich.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Frankfurt am Main]
place_image_published
[Frankfurt am Main]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Diterich de Bry]
image_publisher
[Diterich de Bry]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1594]
image_date
[1594]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; plate 7
image_function
illustration; plate 7
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
16.1 cm.
image_dimensions_height
16.1 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
20 cm.
image_dimensions_width
20 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
34.4 cm.
page_dimensions_height
34.4 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
24 cm.
page_dimensions_width
24 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Christopher Columbus talks at a dining table about the New World. An egg stands on a plate before him while servants carry in food.
description
Christopher Columbus talks at a dining table about the New World. An egg stands on a plate before him while servants carry in food.
Description
false
Source Title:
[America. Pt. 4. German] Das vierdte Buch von der neuwen Welt. oder Neuwe und gründtliche dem Nidergängischen Indien ...
source_title
[America. Pt. 4. German] Das vierdte Buch von der neuwen Welt. oder Neuwe und gründtliche dem Nidergängischen Indien ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Franckfurt am Mayn [Frankfurt am Main]
source_place_of_publication
Franckfurt am Mayn [Frankfurt am Main]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
durch Diterich von Bry
source_publisher
durch Diterich von Bry
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1594
source_date
1594
Source date
false
notes:
Columbus supposedly showed how the impossible can be possible by demonstrating how an egg can be made to stand on end. He flattened one end and stood it on a plate. This trick originally may be attributed to Brunelleschi who was believed to have used it t
notes
Columbus supposedly showed how the impossible can be possible by demonstrating how an egg can be made to stand on end. He flattened one end and stood it on a plate. This trick originally may be attributed to Brunelleschi who was believed to have used it t
notes
false
Time Period:
1492-1600
time_period
1492-1600
Time Period
false
References:
Church, E.D. Discovery, 183; http://www.historic… (Sept. 2005)
references_
Church, E.D. Discovery, 183; http://www.historical-prints.co.uk/ (Sept. 2005)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1871.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1871.
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
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Columbus, Christopher
subject_heads
Columbus, Christopher
Subject headings
false