Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: James Biddle Esq. of the United States Navy.
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Accession number:
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03897
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Record number:
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03897-13
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JCB call number:
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D816 T483
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Image title:
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James Biddle Esq. of the United States Navy.
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Creator 1:
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J. Wood
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Creator 1 role:
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pinx.
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Creator 2:
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Thomas Gimbrede
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Creator 2 dates:
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1781-1832
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Creator 2 role:
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sc.
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Place image published:
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[Philadelphia]
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Image publisher:
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[Thomas Desilver]
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Image date:
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[1816]
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Image function:
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plate; following p. 360
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Technique:
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stipple engraving
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Image dimension height:
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10 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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8.3 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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17.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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10.3 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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Description:
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Portrait of James Biddle in military attire.
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Source creator:
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Thomson, John Lewis
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Source Title:
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Historical sketches of the late war, between the United States and Great Britain ...
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Source place of publication:
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Philadelphia
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Source publisher:
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Published by Thomas Desilver. Also by M. Carey and A. Small ...
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Source date:
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1816
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notes:
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Biddle served in the war against the Barbary pirates and captured the HMS Penguin while he was in command of the USS Wasp in 1814.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1870.
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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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geographic area:
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North America
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Subject Area:
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Portraits
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Subject headings:
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Biddle, James, 1783-1848
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Subject headings:
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United States--History--War of 1812
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