Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: General Woolfe.
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Accession number:
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0900
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Record number:
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0900-1
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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 Woolfe.
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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. 2
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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23.5 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
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16.9 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
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26.8 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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19.3 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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Languages:
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English
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Description:
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Portrait of General James Wolfe. 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. II
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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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General James Wolfe, 1727-1759, ensured victory for the British at the battle for Quebec in 1759, but died just as the battle was won. As a colonel, Wolfe fought in the battle of Louisbourg under Amherst in 1758.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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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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Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
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Subject headings:
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Wolfe, James, 1727-1759--Portraits
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