Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: General Amherst.
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Accession number:
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0899
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Record number:
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0899-1
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JCB call number:
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D769 K74h / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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General Amherst.
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Creator 1:
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T. Miller
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Creator 1 role:
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Sc:
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[W. Johnston ... J. Dodsley]
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Image date:
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[1769]
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Image function:
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frontispiece; vol. 1
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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23.4 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
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17 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
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27 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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18.8 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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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.
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Source creator:
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Knox, John, d. 1778
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Source Title:
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An historical journal of the campaigns in North-America, for the years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760 ... Vol. I
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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 the author; and sold by W. Johnston, in Ludgate-Street; and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall
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Source date:
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M DCC LXIX. [1769]
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notes:
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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.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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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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Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797--Portraits
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