Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Allegory of travel writing]
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Accession number:
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30837
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Record number:
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30837-1
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JCB call number:
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D794 N532c / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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[Allegory of travel writing]
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Creator 1:
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Hamilton
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Creator 1 role:
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delin.
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Creator 2:
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Scott
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Creator 2 role:
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sculpt.
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Place image published:
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London
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Image publisher:
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Alex. Hogg
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Image date:
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1794
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Image function:
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frontispiece
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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37 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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22.9 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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39.5 cm. (including page to which frontis. is pasted)
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Page dimension width:
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24 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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Languages:
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English
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Description:
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The personification of history sits on a bale of goods writing in a book. From a cornucopia at her feet come the names of explorers such as Drake, King, White, Phillips, and others. Behind her is a globe with angels flying around it using dividers and a p
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Source Title:
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A new, complete, and universal collection of authentic and entertaining voyages and travels to all the various parts of the world.
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed for Alex. Hogg, at the King's-Arms, No. 16, Paternoster-Row; ...
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Source date:
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1794
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Visual categories:
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Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1950.
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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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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Emblems--America
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Subject headings:
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Allegories
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