COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
02298
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02298
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Record number:
02298-15
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02298-15
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JCB call number:
D819 R824v / 1-SIZE (copy 1)
jcb_call_no
D819 R824v / 1-SIZE (copy 1)
JCB call number
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Image title:
Petoowack. Formation of an Iceberg.
image_title
Petoowack. Formation of an Iceberg.
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Creator 1:
Sir John Ross
creator1
Sir John Ross
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1777-1856
creator1_dates
1777-1856
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false
Creator 1 role:
Drawn by
creator1_role
Drawn by
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
R. Havell & Son
creator2
R. Havell & Son
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 role:
Engraved by
creator2_role
Engraved by
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
London
place_image_published
London
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
Iohn Murray, Albemarle Street
image_publisher
Iohn Murray, Albemarle Street
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1819
image_date
1819
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; following p. 140
image_function
plate; following p. 140
Image function
false
Technique:
aquatint, hand coloring
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aquatint, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
15.7 cm.
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15.7 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
21.8 cm.
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21.8 cm.
Image dimension width
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Page dimension height:
26.7 cm.
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26.7 cm.
Page dimension height
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Page dimension width:
20.2 cm.
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20.2 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink, colors
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ink, colors
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Description:
View of an iceberg close to a coast with a few huts, tents, or dwellings visible on the shore.
description
View of an iceberg close to a coast with a few huts, tents, or dwellings visible on the shore.
Description
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Source creator:
Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
source_creator
Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856
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false
Source Title:
A voyage of discovery, made under the orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay, and inquiring into the probability of a north-west passage.
source_title
A voyage of discovery, made under the orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay, and inquiring into the probability of a north-west passage.
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Source place of publication:
London
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London
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Source publisher:
John Murray, Albemarle-Street
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John Murray, Albemarle-Street
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1819
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1819
Source date
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notes:
Text describes this iceberg as taking up about four square miles, extending a mile into the sea, and being one thousand feet high. The settlement nearby was called Petowack or Petoowack.Sir John Ross joined the Royal Navy at the age of nine. In 1818 he was appointed commander of an expedition sponsored by the British Admiralty to find a northwest passage. The ships were the Isabella and the Alexander (commanded by William Parry), specially fitted out to withstand Arctic exploration and to make wintering over in the Arctic possible. His mission was to find a passage, note the tides, currents, ice conditions, effects of magnetism, and to collect specimens. Ross experienced mirages in the form of mountains that made him turn back quite early in the exploration. He made two more trips to the Arctic: one in 1829 during which he found the magnetic north pole and spent four years in the Arctic while losing only three men, and one in 1850 when he was 72 to try to find the party of Sir John Franklin.Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
Text describes this iceberg as taking up about four square miles, extending a mile into the sea, and being one thousand feet high. The settlement nearby was called Petowack or Petoowack.Sir John Ross joined the Royal Navy at the age of nine. In 1818 he was appointed commander of an expedition sponsored by the British Admiralty to find a northwest passage. The ships were the Isabella and the Alexander (commanded by William Parry), specially fitted out to withstand Arctic exploration and to make wintering over in the Arctic possible. His mission was to find a passage, note the tides, currents, ice conditions, effects of magnetism, and to collect specimens. Ross experienced mirages in the form of mountains that made him turn back quite early in the exploration. He made two more trips to the Arctic: one in 1829 during which he found the magnetic north pole and spent four years in the Arctic while losing only three men, and one in 1850 when he was 72 to try to find the party of Sir John Franklin.Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
false
Time Period:
1801-1850
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1801-1850
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1880.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1880.
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
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false
geographic area:
Arctic
geographic_areas
Arctic
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
subject_groups
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Baffin Bay (North Atlantic Ocean)
subject_heads
Baffin Bay (North Atlantic Ocean)
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Icebergs
subject_heads
Icebergs
Subject headings
false