Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Angel shows machines to native Americans]
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Accession number:
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68-598
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Record number:
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68-598-9
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JCB call number:
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E775 R274h / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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[Angel shows machines to native Americans]
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Place image published:
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[Geneva]
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Image date:
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[1775]
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 3, following p.96
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Technique:
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etching
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Image dimension height:
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18.3 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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13.3 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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25.7 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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18.9 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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Description:
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An angel shows a plow, saw, and printing press [?] to native Americans [?] on a shore. Includes canoes or boats.
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Source creator:
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Raynal, abbé (Guillaume-Thomas-François), 1713-1796
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Source Title:
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Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes ... Tome deuxieme
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Source place of publication:
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Geneve [Geneva]
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Source publisher:
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Chez les libraires associés
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Source date:
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M. DCC. LXXV. [1775]
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notes:
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Raynal, an Enlightenment philosopher, wrote of the horrors of slavery in the colonies.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Visual categories:
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Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1968.
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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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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Emblems--America
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