Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Ouragan aux Antilles.
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Accession number:
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68-393
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Record number:
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68-393-001
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JCB call number:
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E783 R274h
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Image title:
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Ouragan aux Antilles.
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Creator 1:
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de la Rue
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Creator 1 role:
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Sc
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Place image published:
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[Geneva]
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Image publisher:
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[Jean-Léonard Pellet]
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Image date:
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1783
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Image function:
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frontispiece
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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14.8 cm
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Image dimension width:
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8.9 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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20.4 cm
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Page dimension width:
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11.3 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 a hurricane in the Antilles or Caribbean. A woman clutches her baby and tries to protect herself and another children from a house blowing down on top of them. A body lies under the wreckage of some timber. Other people cower in the background.
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Source creator:
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Raynal, abbé (Guillaume-Thomas-François), 1713-1796
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Source Title:
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Histoire philosophique et politique des établissements et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes ... tome sixième
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Source place of publication:
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Geneva
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Source publisher:
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chez Jean-Léonard Pellet, imprimeur de la ville & de l'Académie
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Source date:
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1783
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1968.
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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 headings:
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Hurricanes--Caribbean area
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