Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: A Rebel Negro armed & on his guard.
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Accession number:
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06944
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Record number:
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06944-49
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JCB call number:
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D796 S812n / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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A Rebel Negro armed & on his guard.
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Creator 1:
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Francesco Bartolozzi
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Creator 1 dates:
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1727-1815
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Creator 1 role:
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sculpt.
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Place image published:
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London
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Image publisher:
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J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard
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Image date:
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Decr. 1st. 1794
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Image function:
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plate 53; vol. 2, following p. 88
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Technique:
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engraving, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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18.5 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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13.2 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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29 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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22.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink, colors
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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English
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Description:
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Black rebel holds a musket. Military aspects include a bandolier with pouch and hatchet. Two Black people hold guns in background, a part of a human skeleton is at the rebel's feet.
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Source creator:
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Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797
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Source Title:
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Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam ... Vol. II.
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, & J. Edwards, Pall Mall
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Source date:
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1796
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1874.
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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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Commentary:
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geographic area:
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Guianas
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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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Military art and science--Suriname
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