COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
67-322
accession_no
67-322
Accession number
false
Record number:
67-322-16
record_number
67-322-16
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D792 P412i
jcb_call_no
D792 P412i
JCB call number
false
Image title:
American Avoset. No. 421.
image_title
American Avoset. No. 421.
Image title
false
Creator 1:
P. Brown
creator1
P. Brown
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
del.
creator1_role
del.
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
Peter Mazell
creator2
Peter Mazell
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 dates:
fl. 1761-1797
creator2_dates
fl. 1761-1797
Creator 2 dates
false
Creator 2 role:
Sculp.
creator2_role
Sculp.
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Robert Faulder]
image_publisher
[Robert Faulder]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1792]
image_date
[1792]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; vol. [3], following p. 212
image_function
plate; vol. [3], following p. 212
Image function
false
Technique:
etching, engraving
technique
etching, engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
18.7 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_height
18.7 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
16.3 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_width
16.3 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
23.4 cm.
page_dimensions_height
23.4 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
18.3 cm.
page_dimensions_width
18.3 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English
languages
English
Languages
false
Description:
An avoset [avocet] stands on shore.
description
An avoset [avocet] stands on shore.
Description
false
Source creator:
Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798
source_creator
Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Arctic zoology] Introduction to the Arctic zoology.
source_title
[Arctic zoology] Introduction to the Arctic zoology.
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for Robert Faulder, New Bond Street.
source_publisher
Printed for Robert Faulder, New Bond Street.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M.DCC.XCII. [1792]
source_date
M.DCC.XCII. [1792]
Source date
false
notes:
The avocet, Recurvirostra americana, now inhabits the western part of North America and Florida. Audubon also illustrated the avocet. Thomas Pennant was a Welsh naturalist and antiquary. Peter Mazell was a British engraver of flowers and animals. Title for v. [2] and [3] reads: Arctic zoology. Imprint is the same as in v. [1].
notes
The avocet, Recurvirostra americana, now inhabits the western part of North America and Florida. Audubon also illustrated the avocet. Thomas Pennant was a Welsh naturalist and antiquary. Peter Mazell was a British engraver of flowers and animals. Title for v. [2] and [3] reads: Arctic zoology. Imprint is the same as in v. [1].
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
http://www.birds.co… (Sept. 2006)
references_
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/American_Avocet_dtl.html (Sept. 2006)
References
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
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Avocets--North America
subject_heads
Avocets--North America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--North America
subject_heads
Natural history--North America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Ornithology--North America
subject_heads
Ornithology--North America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Zoology--North America
subject_heads
Zoology--North America
Subject headings
false