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:
0899
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0899
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Record number:
0899-1
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0899-1
Record number
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JCB call number:
D769 K74h / 1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
D769 K74h / 1-SIZE
JCB call number
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Image title:
General Amherst.
image_title
General Amherst.
Image title
false
Creator 1:
T. Miller
creator1
T. Miller
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
Sc:
creator1_role
Sc:
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[W. Johnston ... J. Dodsley]
image_publisher
[W. Johnston ... J. Dodsley]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1769]
image_date
[1769]
Image date
false
Image function:
frontispiece; vol. 1
image_function
frontispiece; vol. 1
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
23.4 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_height
23.4 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
17 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_width
17 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
27 cm.
page_dimensions_height
27 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
18.8 cm
page_dimensions_width
18.8 cm
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English
languages
English
Languages
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Description:
Portrait of Jeffery Amherst wearing armor and a sash. The portrait is encircled by oak and laurel branches, and there are a baton and crown above his head.
description
Portrait of Jeffery Amherst wearing armor and a sash. The portrait is encircled by oak and laurel branches, and there are a baton and crown above his head.
Description
false
Source creator:
Knox, John, d. 1778
source_creator
Knox, John, d. 1778
Source creator
false
Source Title:
An historical journal of the campaigns in North-America, for the years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760 ... Vol. I
source_title
An historical journal of the campaigns in North-America, for the years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760 ... Vol. I
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for the author; and sold by W. Johnston, in Ludgate-Street; and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall
source_publisher
Printed for the author; and sold by W. Johnston, in Ludgate-Street; and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M DCC LXIX. [1769]
source_date
M DCC LXIX. [1769]
Source date
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notes:
In the French and Indian or Seven Years' War, Amherst captured Louisbourg in 1758 and Montreal in 1760 to seal British control of Canada. In 1761 he became Governor General of North America. In 1763 on his return to England he was made Knight of the Order of the Bath, and in 1778 he was made commander in chief of the British army and Field Marshall.
notes
In the French and Indian or Seven Years' War, Amherst captured Louisbourg in 1758 and Montreal in 1760 to seal British control of Canada. In 1761 he became Governor General of North America. In 1763 on his return to England he was made Knight of the Order of the Bath, and in 1778 he was made commander in chief of the British army and Field Marshall.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
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:
Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797--Portraits
subject_heads
Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797--Portraits
Subject headings
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