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:
03897
accession_no
03897
Accession number
false
Record number:
03897-11
record_number
03897-11
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D816 T483
jcb_call_no
D816 T483
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Col. James Gibson
image_title
Col. James Gibson
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Benjamin Trott
creator1
Benjamin Trott
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
ca. 1770-ca. 1841
creator1_dates
ca. 1770-ca. 1841
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
From a minature by
creator1_role
From a minature by
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
Goodman and Piggot
creator2
Goodman and Piggot
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 role:
Engraved by
creator2_role
Engraved by
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
[Philadelphia]
place_image_published
[Philadelphia]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Thomas Desilver]
image_publisher
[Thomas Desilver]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1816]
image_date
[1816]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; following p. 328
image_function
plate; following p. 328
Image function
false
Technique:
stipple engraving
technique
stipple engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
7.5 cm.
image_dimensions_height
7.5 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
6 cm.
image_dimensions_width
6 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
17.2 cm.
page_dimensions_height
17.2 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
10.3 cm.
page_dimensions_width
10.3 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Portrait of Colonel James Gibson in military attire.
description
Portrait of Colonel James Gibson in military attire.
Description
false
Source creator:
Thomson, John Lewis
source_creator
Thomson, John Lewis
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Historical sketches of the late war, between the United States and Great Britain ...
source_title
Historical sketches of the late war, between the United States and Great Britain ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Philadelphia
source_place_of_publication
Philadelphia
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Published by Thomas Desilver. Also by M. Carey and A. Small ...
source_publisher
Published by Thomas Desilver. Also by M. Carey and A. Small ...
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1816
source_date
1816
Source date
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notes:
Fort Erie, near Niagara Falls in Ontario, was besieged by the British during August and September 1814. The Americans, under the leadership of General Jacob Brown, made a sortie on September 17, 1814, during which Gibson was wounded. His men secured the fort for the Americans. He died the next day.
notes
Fort Erie, near Niagara Falls in Ontario, was besieged by the British during August and September 1814. The Americans, under the leadership of General Jacob Brown, made a sortie on September 17, 1814, during which Gibson was wounded. His men secured the fort for the Americans. He died the next day.
notes
false
Time Period:
1801-1850
time_period
1801-1850
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1870.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1870.
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:
Portraits
subject_groups
Portraits
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Gibson, James, d. 1814
subject_heads
Gibson, James, d. 1814
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
United States--History--War of 1812
subject_heads
United States--History--War of 1812
Subject headings
false