COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
05796
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05796
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Record number:
05796-2
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05796-2
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JCB call number:
D825 W388
jcb_call_no
D825 W388
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Sea Leopard of South Orkney's.
image_title
Sea Leopard of South Orkney's.
Image title
false
Creator 1:
James Weddell
creator1
James Weddell
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1787-1834
creator1_dates
1787-1834
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
Drawn from Nature by
creator1_role
Drawn from Nature by
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
I. Clark
creator2
I. Clark
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 role:
sculpt.
creator2_role
sculpt.
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green]
image_publisher
[Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1825]
image_date
[1825]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; following p. 22
image_function
plate; following p. 22
Image function
false
Technique:
etching, aquatint
technique
etching, aquatint
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
8.5 cm.
image_dimensions_height
8.5 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
19.8 cm.
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19.8 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
21.4 cm.
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21.4 cm.
Page dimension height
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Page dimension width:
12.5 cm.
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12.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Description:
Spotted seal on an ice floe with two ships in the background.
description
Spotted seal on an ice floe with two ships in the background.
Description
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Source creator:
Weddell, James, 1787-1834
source_creator
Weddell, James, 1787-1834
Source creator
false
Source Title:
A voyage towards the South Pole, performed in the years 1822-24. Containing ... a visit to Tierra del Fuego, with a particular account of the inhabitants ...
source_title
A voyage towards the South Pole, performed in the years 1822-24. Containing ... a visit to Tierra del Fuego, with a particular account of the inhabitants ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster-Row
source_publisher
Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster-Row
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false
Source date:
1825
source_date
1825
Source date
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notes:
Weddell made his voyages as captain of the Jane (a refitted American ship) in search of new sealing grounds. His 1822-24 voyage was his third to the Antarctic area. He was accompanied by the ship Beaufoy commanded by Matthew Brisbane. Since seals were scarce, both ships sailed farther south in hopes of finding better grounds. In an unusually ice-free year, they reached latitude 74o 15' S, a feat not repeated until 1967.This animal is either a true leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, or the Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii, which actually has spots. This drawing is of an animal in the collection of the Edinburgh Museum.Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
Weddell made his voyages as captain of the Jane (a refitted American ship) in search of new sealing grounds. His 1822-24 voyage was his third to the Antarctic area. He was accompanied by the ship Beaufoy commanded by Matthew Brisbane. Since seals were scarce, both ships sailed farther south in hopes of finding better grounds. In an unusually ice-free year, they reached latitude 74o 15' S, a feat not repeated until 1967.This animal is either a true leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, or the Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii, which actually has spots. This drawing is of an animal in the collection of the Edinburgh Museum.Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
false
Time Period:
1801-1850
time_period
1801-1850
Time Period
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
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false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Tierra del Fuego
subject_heads
Natural history--Tierra del Fuego
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Seals (Animals)
subject_heads
Seals (Animals)
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Zoology--Tierra del Fuego
subject_heads
Zoology--Tierra del Fuego
Subject headings
false