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:
68-131
accession_no
68-131
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false
Record number:
68-131-7
record_number
68-131-7
Record number
false
JCB call number:
E795 G768e1
jcb_call_no
E795 G768e1
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Grand Chef de Guerriers Iroquois
image_title
Grand Chef de Guerriers Iroquois
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
creator1
Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1757-1810
creator1_dates
1757-1810
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
inv. Direx.
creator1_role
inv. Direx.
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
J. Laroque
creator2
J. Laroque
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 role:
Sculp.
creator2_role
Sculp.
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Deroy]
image_publisher
[Deroy]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1795]
image_date
[1795]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate [4]
image_function
plate [4]
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
technique
engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
18.5 cm.
image_dimensions_height
18.5 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
12.2 cm.
image_dimensions_width
12.2 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
25.2 cm.
page_dimensions_height
25.2 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
18.5 cm.
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18.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink, colors
materials_medium
ink, colors
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
French
languages
French
Languages
false
Description:
A native American chief dressed partly in European clothes. In one hand he holds a war club and in the other a smoking hawk (an instrument that is both pipe and tomahawk). He wears a tricorn or bicorn hat, a medal on a ribbon, a wampum belt, and a European (perhaps military) coat. Includes palisaded building.
description
A native American chief dressed partly in European clothes. In one hand he holds a war club and in the other a smoking hawk (an instrument that is both pipe and tomahawk). He wears a tricorn or bicorn hat, a medal on a ribbon, a wampum belt, and a European (perhaps military) coat. Includes palisaded building.
Description
false
Source creator:
Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, Jacques, 1757-1810
source_creator
Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, Jacques, 1757-1810
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Encyclopédie des voyages ...
source_title
Encyclopédie des voyages ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
[Paris]
source_place_of_publication
[Paris]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Se trouve chez Deroy, libraire, rue du Cimetière-André no 15 ...
source_publisher
Se trouve chez Deroy, libraire, rue du Cimetière-André no 15 ...
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1795
source_date
1795
Source date
false
notes:
The British and French, realizing the esteem with which Indians held the pipe, began to manufacture metal trade hatchet pipes or tomahawk pipes in the eighteenth century. This book is the prospectus for a five volume work with same title published in Paris, 1795-1796.Grasset de Saint-Sauveur was born in Montreal, Canada, but spent his life in Europe. He published and illustrated numerous works on the native costumes of many peoples.
notes
The British and French, realizing the esteem with which Indians held the pipe, began to manufacture metal trade hatchet pipes or tomahawk pipes in the eighteenth century. This book is the prospectus for a five volume work with same title published in Paris, 1795-1796.Grasset de Saint-Sauveur was born in Montreal, Canada, but spent his life in Europe. He published and illustrated numerous works on the native costumes of many peoples.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1967.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1967.
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
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false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Indians of North America--Clothing
subject_heads
Indians of North America--Clothing
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Iroquoian Indians--Clothing
subject_heads
Iroquoian Indians--Clothing
Subject headings
false