Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Nicholas Ferrar, A. M. Born Feb: 22, 1592. Died Decr. 2, 1637.
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Accession number:
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2355
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Record number:
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02355-1
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JCB call number:
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D790 P366m
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Image title:
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Nicholas Ferrar, A. M. Born Feb: 22, 1592. Died Decr. 2, 1637.
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Creator 1:
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C. Johnson
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Creator 1 role:
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pinxt
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Creator 2:
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Peltro William Tomkins
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Creator 2 dates:
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1760-1840
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Creator 2 role:
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Sculp.
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Place image published:
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[Cambridge]
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Image publisher:
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[J. Archdeacon]
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Image date:
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1791
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Image function:
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frontispiece
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Technique:
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stipple engraving
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Image dimension height:
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13.1 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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10.2 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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21 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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13.1 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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Portrait of Nicholas Ferrar.
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Source creator:
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Peckard, Peter, 1718?-1797
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Source Title:
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Memoirs of the life of Mr. Nicholas Ferrar
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Source place of publication:
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Cambridge
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Source publisher:
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Printed by J. Archdeacon ... and sold by J. & J. Merrill, and J. Bowtell, ... and T. Payne & Son
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Source date:
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MDCCXC [1790]
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notes:
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Nicholas Ferrar, brother to John Ferrar who was an officer in the Virginia Company, was the founder of a religious community which lasted from 1626 to 1646.Francesco Bartolozzi under whom Tomkins studied was known for his mastery of the art of stipple engraving.The original painter of this portrait may be Cornelius Johnson, 1593-1661, a contemporary of Ferrar.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1870.
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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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Subject Area:
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Portraits
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Subject headings:
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Ferrar, Nicholas, 1593-1637
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