Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Sarratoga.
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Accession number:
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32942
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Record number:
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32942-4
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JCB call number:
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E785 P793r / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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Sarratoga.
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Creator 1:
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Fauvel
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Creator 1 role:
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Dessiné par
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Creator 2:
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François Godefroy
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Creator 2 dates:
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1743-1819
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Creator 2 role:
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gravé par
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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[Godefroy & Ponce]
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Image date:
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[1785]
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Image function:
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plate 4
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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19.3 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
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21.6 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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22.3 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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French
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Description:
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View of the surrender of Major General John Bourgoyne at Saratoga in October 1777. He hands his sword to another soldier. Also includes cannons, battalions of soldiers, musical instruments such as drum and cymbals, guns or muskets, and flags.
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Source creator:
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Ponce, Nicolas, 1746-1831
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Source Title:
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[Collection d'estampes représentant les évenemens de la guerre, pour la liberté de l'Amérique Septentionale] Recueil d'estampes representant les différens événemens de la guerre qui a procuré l'indépendance aux Etats Unis de l'Amérique
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Source place of publication:
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Paris
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Source publisher:
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Chez M. Ponce, graveur de Mr. le comte d'Artois, rue Ste. Hyacinthe, no. 19. et chez M. Godefroy, graveur de sa majesté impériale, rue des Francs-Bourgeois, porte St. Michel
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Source date:
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[1785]
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notes:
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Burgoyne surrendered his "Convention Army," consisting mostly of mercenaries from Germany or Hessians, on October 17, 1777.Issued to commemorate the French military role in the American Revolution, this collection was one of the first few contemporary publications to illustrate scenes from that conflict.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1961.
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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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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns
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Subject headings:
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Saratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777
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