COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
10873
Record number:
10873-2
JCB call number:
D813 T779i
Image title:
An Indian destined to Death.
Place image published:
[Baltimore]
Image publisher:
[P. Mauro]
Image date:
[1813]
Image function:
plate; following p. 80
Technique:
etching
Image dimension height:
7.8 cm.
Image dimension width:
14.9 cm.
Page dimension height:
17.2 cm.
Page dimension width:
9.8 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Native Americans burn another native at the stake. Includes feathered headdresses and dwellings.
Source Title:
[The travels of Capts. Lewis & Clarke] An interesting account of the voyages and travels of Captains Lewis and Clarke ...
Source place of publication:
Baltimore
Source publisher:
Printed and published by P. Mauro, No. 10, North Howard St.
Source date:
1813
notes:
Text describes how the skin of a raven or crow is placed on the victim's head. This spurious and inaccurate account was compiled from Thomas Jefferson's Report to Congress, Patrick Gass, Journal, Pittsburgh, 1807, Alexander Mackenzie, Voyages, London, 1801, and Jonathan Carver, Adventures, London, 1778. The rights to this book were acquired by William Fisher in 1813. Image placed horizontally on page.
Time Period:
1801-1850
References:
http://www.lclark.e… (Dec. 2005)
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
North America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies
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