Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Potosí]

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