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:
14304
accession_no
14304
Accession number
false
Record number:
14304-4
record_number
14304-4
Record number
false
JCB call number:
DC A512t 1771 4
jcb_call_no
DC A512t 1771 4
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Salamander?]
image_title
[Salamander?]
Image title
false
Creator 1:
R. Scot
creator1
R. Scot
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
Sc.
creator1_role
Sc.
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
[Philadelphia]
place_image_published
[Philadelphia]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Thomas Dobson]
image_publisher
[Thomas Dobson]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1799]
image_date
[1799]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; vol. 4, following 280
image_function
plate; vol. 4, following 280
Image function
false
Technique:
etching, engraving
technique
etching, engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
22.8 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_height
22.8 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
19 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_width
19 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
25 cm.
page_dimensions_height
25 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
19 cm.
page_dimensions_width
19 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English
languages
English
Languages
false
Description:
Amphibian, perhaps a greater siren, with parts numbered for identification in text preceding image.
description
Amphibian, perhaps a greater siren, with parts numbered for identification in text preceding image.
Description
false
Source Title:
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge. Volume IV
source_title
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge. Volume IV
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Philadelphia
source_place_of_publication
Philadelphia
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed and sold by Thomas Dobson, at the Stone-House, No 41, South Second Street
source_publisher
Printed and sold by Thomas Dobson, at the Stone-House, No 41, South Second Street
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1799
source_date
1799
Source date
false
notes:
Text describes the salamander as a mud inguana [sic] or iguana, or Siren lacertina, discovered in South Carolina.
notes
Text describes the salamander as a mud inguana [sic] or iguana, or Siren lacertina, discovered in South Carolina.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
http://animaldivers… (Dec. 2005)
references_
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Siren_lacertina.html (Dec. 2005)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1910.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1910.
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
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--South Carolina
subject_heads
Natural history--South Carolina
Subject headings
false