Accession number:
|
09-310b
|
Record number:
|
09-310b-5
|
JCB call number:
|
H820 C842a / 2-SIZE
|
Image title:
|
[Potosí]
|
Creator 1:
|
Giuseppe Erba Odescalchi
|
Creator 2:
|
Paolo Fumagalli
|
Creator 2 role:
|
F.A.T.
|
Place image published:
|
[Milan]
|
Image publisher:
|
[Dalla tipografia dell 'editore]
|
Image date:
|
[1821]
|
Image function:
|
plate; vol. 2, following p.106
|
Technique:
|
etching, aquatint, hand coloring
|
Image dimension height:
|
19.2 cm.
|
Image dimension width:
|
19.3 cm.
|
Page dimension height:
|
34.4 cm.
|
Page dimension width:
|
24 cm.
|
Materials medium:
|
ink, colors
|
Materials support:
|
paper
|
Description:
|
View of the town of Potosí showing the church at the summit and the town at the foot of a mountain. Also includes windmills, palms, and dwellings. Men converse in the foreground.
|
Source Title:
|
Il costume antico e moderno ... [Parte seconda]
|
Source place of publication:
|
Milano [Milan]
|
Source publisher:
|
Dalla tipografia dell 'editore
|
Source date:
|
1821
|
notes:
|
The mines at Potosí were discovered by Diego Hualca in 1544. The silver mines there were among the richest in the world. Cf. 03390-1 and 01631-7. Series edited by Giulio Ferrario. The title page identifies the illustrator as Giuseppe Erba Odescalchi. Image placed horizontally on page.
|
Time Period:
|
1801-1850
|
Provenance/Donor:
|
Acquired in 2009.
|
Owner and copyright:
|
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
|
geographic area:
|
Spanish America
|
Subject Area:
|
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
|
Subject headings:
|
Mines and mineral resources--Peru
|