COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
05705
Record number:
05705-4
JCB call number:
D827 H218
Image title:
Lancers of the plains of Apuré, attacking Spanish troops.
Creator 1:
Edward Francis Finden
Creator 1 dates:
1791-1857
Creator 1 role:
sculp.
Place image published:
London
Image publisher:
John Murray
Image date:
1827
Image function:
plate; vol. 1, following p. 168
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
8.7 cm.
Image dimension width:
12.6 cm.
Page dimension height:
18.3 cm.
Page dimension width:
11.3 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Soldiers on horseback attack European soldiers on horseback. Includes scene of warfare, lances or spears, and swords.
Source creator:
Hamilton, John Potter, 1777 or 8-1873
Source Title:
Travels through the interior provinces of Columbia ... Vol. I
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
John Murray, Albemarle Street
Source date:
MDCCCXXVII. [1827]
notes:
The plains of Apuré are located in present-day Venezuela and Colombia. These lancers, or the “bravos de Apuré,” were critical in securing Simón Bolívar’s victory at Carabobo. The “llaneros,” or the Venezuelan and Colombian cavalry that fought in this battle and others, were largely pardo (or mulatto) and “zambo” (of African and native descent). Information on the "llaneros" comes from Professor Caitlin Annette Fitz. Image placed horizontally on page.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Carabobo, Battle of, Venezuela, 1821
Subject headings:
Indians of South America--Colombia
Lancers of the plains of Apuré, attacking Spanish troops.
