Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: View of the Corcovado.
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Accession number:
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67-123
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Record number:
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67-123-9
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JCB call number:
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D824 C156j / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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View of the Corcovado.
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Creator 1:
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Lady Maria Callcott
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Creator 1 dates:
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1785-1842
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Creator 1 role:
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Drawn by
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Creator 2:
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Edward Francis Finden
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Creator 2 dates:
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1791-1857
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Creator 2 role:
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Engraved by
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Place image published:
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London
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Image publisher:
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Longman & Co. & J. Murray
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Image date:
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1824
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Image function:
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plate; following. p. 220
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Technique:
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aquatint
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Image dimension height:
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20.2 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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14.3 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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26.4 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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20.9 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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Inscription:
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l. r.: from Botafogo
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Description:
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View of a garden and house in the mountains.
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Source creator:
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Callcott, Maria, Lady, 1785-1842
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Source Title:
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Journal of a voyage to Brazil, and residence there, during part of the years 1821, 1822, 1823. By Maria Graham.
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster-row; and J. Murray, Albemarle-street
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Source date:
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1824
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notes:
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The description of the plate in the Table of Contents identifies the hill as being seen from Botofogo. Corcovado Hill today is the foundation for the iconic statute of Christ or Cristo Redentor blessing Rio de Janeiro. The author of the book and artist of this image was married to Captain Thomas Graham and traveling to South America when he died on the voyage. She married the artist, Augustus Wall Callcott, in 1828. Date on item is: 25, March, 1824.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1967.
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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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Brazil
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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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Brazil--Description and travel
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