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:
9913
accession_no
9913
Accession number
false
Record number:
09913-1
record_number
09913-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
E777 B746n
jcb_call_no
E777 B746n
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[European greeted by native Americans]
image_title
[European greeted by native Americans]
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Gabriel de Saint Aubin
creator1
Gabriel de Saint Aubin
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1724-1780
creator1_dates
1724-1780
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
del.
creator1_role
del.
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
C. F. LeTellier
creator2
C. F. LeTellier
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 role:
sculpt.
creator2_role
sculpt.
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
[Amsterdam (i.e. Paris?)]
place_image_published
[Amsterdam (i.e. Paris?)]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[chez Changuion, à la bourse]
image_publisher
[chez Changuion, à la bourse]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1777]
image_date
[1777]
Image date
false
Image function:
frontispiece
image_function
frontispiece
Image function
false
Technique:
etching, engraving
technique
etching, engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
14.1 cm.
image_dimensions_height
14.1 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
9.4 cm.
image_dimensions_width
9.4 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
18.9 cm.
page_dimensions_height
18.9 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
11.1 cm.
page_dimensions_width
11.1 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
A European man is carried and greeted by dancing native Americans variously carrying a pipe, a rattle, a kind of gong, a bow and quiver of arrows, and a bird. In the background are dwellings and food being cooked on a spit.
description
A European man is carried and greeted by dancing native Americans variously carrying a pipe, a rattle, a kind of gong, a bow and quiver of arrows, and a bird. In the background are dwellings and food being cooked on a spit.
Description
false
Source creator:
Bossu, M., 1720-1792
source_creator
Bossu, M., 1720-1792
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Nouveaux voyages dans l'Amérique septentrionale, : contenant une collection de lettres écrites sur les lieux ...
source_title
Nouveaux voyages dans l'Amérique septentrionale, : contenant une collection de lettres écrites sur les lieux ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Amsterdam [i.e. Paris?]
source_place_of_publication
A Amsterdam [i.e. Paris?]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
chez Changuion, à la bourse
source_publisher
chez Changuion, à la bourse
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M.DCC.LXXVII. [1777]
source_date
M.DCC.LXXVII. [1777]
Source date
false
notes:
Scene seems to take place just west of the Mississippi River in an area the author describes as Arkansas.Bossu, a captain in the French naval troop corps, visited the southern Mississippi River Valley in 1751, 1761, and 1770-71.
notes
Scene seems to take place just west of the Mississippi River in an area the author describes as Arkansas.Bossu, a captain in the French naval troop corps, visited the southern Mississippi River Valley in 1751, 1761, and 1770-71.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1871.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1871.
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:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies
subject_heads
Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies
Subject headings
false