COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
08-94
Record number:
08-94-002
JCB call number:
J786 B736u
Image title:
Iosepho II. Avg. argentvm hydrargyro E. mineris primo extractvm Schemnizii Hvngariae Kal. Ian. MDCCLXXXVI
Creator 1:
Unterberger
Creator 1 role:
inv. del.
Creator 2:
J. Adam
Creator 2 role:
sc.
Place image published:
Vienna
Image publisher:
[Christian Friederich Wappler]
Image date:
1786
Image function:
frontispiece
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
17.9 cm.
Image dimension width:
12.8 cm.
Page dimension height:
24.6 cm.
Page dimension width:
19.5 cm
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Latin
Description:
Angels carve into a stone and lift a fire toward a statue or bust of Joseph II. In the background are the openings to underground mines.
Source creator:
Born, Ignaz, Edler von, 1742-1791
Source Title:
Ueber das Anquicken der gold- und silberhältigen Erze, Rohsteine, Schwarzkupfer und Hüttenspeise
Source place of publication:
Vienna
Source publisher:
Bey Christian Friederich Wappler
Source date:
1786
References:
Acquired in 2008.
References exhibitions:
�John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright:
Spanish America
Commentary:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
geographic area:
Silver mines and mining
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