COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
35892
accession_no
35892
Accession number
false
Record number:
35892-82
record_number
35892-82
Record number
false
JCB call number:
E742 L114n
jcb_call_no
E742 L114n
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Seashells] [top] Trompette de Mer. [middle] Casques. [bottom] Lambis.
image_title
[Seashells] [top] Trompette de Mer. [middle] Casques. [bottom] Lambis.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Guillaume Cavelier]
image_publisher
[Guillaume Cavelier]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1742]
image_date
[1742]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; vol. 8, following p. 324
image_function
plate; vol. 8, following p. 324
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
12.9 cm.
image_dimensions_height
12.9 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
6.5 cm.
image_dimensions_width
6.5 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
16.5 cm.
page_dimensions_height
16.5 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
9.8 cm.
page_dimensions_width
9.8 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
French
languages
French
Languages
false
Description:
Seashells. [top] Triton's trumpet, [middle] King helmet, and [bottom] Queen conch.
description
Seashells. [top] Triton's trumpet, [middle] King helmet, and [bottom] Queen conch.
Description
false
Source creator:
Labat, Jean Baptiste, 1663-1738
source_creator
Labat, Jean Baptiste, 1663-1738
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amerique ... Tome huitième
source_title
Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amerique ... Tome huitième
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Paris
source_place_of_publication
A Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Chez Guillaume Cavelier Pere, Libraire, au Lys d'or
source_publisher
Chez Guillaume Cavelier Pere, Libraire, au Lys d'or
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M. DCC. XLII. [1742]
source_date
M. DCC. XLII. [1742]
Source date
false
notes:
Scientific names: Triton's trumpet (Charonia tritonis), King helmet (Cassis tuberosa), and Queen conch (Strombus gigas). A French Dominican and missionary, Labat was sent to the West Indies from 1693 to 1706. He illustrated much of his work himself.
notes
Scientific names: Triton's trumpet (Charonia tritonis), King helmet (Cassis tuberosa), and Queen conch (Strombus gigas). A French Dominican and missionary, Labat was sent to the West Indies from 1693 to 1706. He illustrated much of his work himself.
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
References:
references_
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charonia; http://park.org/Guests/Shells/Shell_Catalogue/Shell_Pages/T/Shell_Cassis_tuberosa.html; http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Strombus_gigas.html (Apr. 2006)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1874.
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:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Caribbean area
subject_heads
Natural history--Caribbean area
Subject headings
false