Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Vue du Cap Francois, Isle St. Domingue, prise du Chemin de l'embarcadère de la petite Anse.
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Accession number:
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09745
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Record number:
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09745-7
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JCB call number:
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E791 P793r / 3-SIZE
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Image title:
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Vue du Cap Francois, Isle St. Domingue, prise du Chemin de l'embarcadère de la petite Anse.
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Creator 1:
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Fernand de la Bruniere
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Creator 1 role:
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del.
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Creator 2:
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Nicolas Ponce
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Creator 2 dates:
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1746-1831
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Creator 2 role:
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Excudit.
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Place image published:
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Paris
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Image publisher:
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chez M. Moreau de St. Méry, rue Plâtriere No. 12, et chez M. Ponce ...
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Image date:
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[1791]
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Image function:
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plate 1
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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24 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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58.5 cm. [both pages]
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Page dimension height:
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47.8 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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63 cm. [both pages]
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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 Cap François or Cap Haïtien in present-day Haiti. Includes dwellings, church, men fishing with seine nets, a painter painting the scene under a parasol, servant and horse, horse-drawn carriage, ships, and boats in the harbor. Items in the image are identified with bird symbols in key below.
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Source creator:
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Ponce, Nicolas, 1746-1831
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Source Title:
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Recueil de vues des lieux principaux de la colonie françoise de Saint-Domingue
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Source place of publication:
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A Paris
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Source publisher:
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Chez M. Moreau de Saint-Méry, ... M. Ponce, ... M. Phelipeau
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Source date:
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1791
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notes:
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Bolstered by slave labor and the lucrative sugar industry, Cap François, now known as Cap-Haïtien, became the cultural capital of Saint Domingue at the end of the eighteenth century.Also attributed to Médéric Louis Elie Moreau de Saint-Méry.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1868.
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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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Caribbean Islands
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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Cap-Haïtien (Haiti)--Description and travel
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