COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
02663AZ
Record number:
02663AZ-045
JCB call number:
EB F815 1838 1 Atlas historique
Image title:
Lépreux d'Islande.
Creator 1:
L. Bevalet
Creator 1 role:
del
Creator 2:
Annedouche
Creator 2 role:
sc.
Creator 3:
N. Rémond
Creator 3 role:
imp.
Place image published:
[Paris]
Image publisher:
Arthus Bertrand
Image date:
1838
Image function:
Médecine, plate 6, Atlas zoologique, médical et géographique, colored
Technique:
engraving, colored
Image dimension height:
38.3 cm.
Image dimension width:
28.5 cm.
Page dimension height:
53.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
35.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
French
Description:
Portrait of a leper from Iceland. His forehead is covered in skin lesions. Includes illustration of medical condition.
Source creator:
France. Commission scientifique du Nord
Source Title:
Voyage en Islande et au Groënland Publié par order du Roi sous la direction de M. Paul Gaimard ... Atlas zoologique, médical et géographique
Source place of publication:
Paris
Source publisher:
Arthus Bertrand, editeur; Imprimerie de Firmin Dido Frères, rue Jacob, 56
Source date:
1838
notes:
Joseph Paul Gaimard, a ship's surgeon and naturalist, was the scientific leader on La Recherche (1835-1836) during its expedition to the Arctic Sea and voyages to Iceland and Greenland. Notes to description of plates states that the man is Sniólfur Thorleifson, aged 40 years, married to Arndis Einarsdóttir, and has had leprosy for three years. (Information from table of plates, missing from JCB volume.) Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a chronic infection caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis and characterized by skin lesions, inability of nerves to feel pain, and poor eyesight.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1852
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Arctic
Subject Area:
Portraits
Subject headings:
Abnormalities, Human
Lépreux d'Islande.
