COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
06944
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06944
Accession number
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Record number:
06944-15
record_number
06944-15
Record number
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JCB call number:
D796 S812n / 1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
D796 S812n / 1-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
The skinning of the Aboma Snake, shot by Cap. Stedman
image_title
The skinning of the Aboma Snake, shot by Cap. Stedman
Image title
false
Creator 1:
William Blake
creator1
William Blake
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1757-1827
creator1_dates
1757-1827
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
sculpt.
creator1_role
sculpt.
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
London
place_image_published
London
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard
image_publisher
J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard
Image publisher
false
Image date:
Decr. 2d. 1793
image_date
Decr. 2d. 1793
Image date
false
Image function:
plate 19; vol. 1, following p. 174
image_function
plate 19; vol. 1, following p. 174
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
technique
engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
18 cm.
image_dimensions_height
18 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
12.9 cm.
image_dimensions_width
12.9 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
29 cm.
page_dimensions_height
29 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
22.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
22.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink, colors
materials_medium
ink, colors
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
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Languages:
English
languages
English
Languages
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Description:
Anaconda hangs from a tree. An enslaved Black person slits the throat of a snake which is hung by a rope from a tree branch held by two other Black people. A European in uniform directs their activities.
description
Anaconda hangs from a tree. An enslaved Black person slits the throat of a snake which is hung by a rope from a tree branch held by two other Black people. A European in uniform directs their activities.
Description
false
Source creator:
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797
source_creator
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam ... Vol. I.
source_title
Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam ... Vol. I.
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, & J. Edwards, Pall Mall
source_publisher
Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, & J. Edwards, Pall Mall
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1796
source_date
1796
Source date
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notes:
The anaconda, Eunectes murinus, known in Surinamese as aboma.
notes
The anaconda, Eunectes murinus, known in Surinamese as aboma.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
Price, R. & S., ed. Stedman Narrative, p. xxxix, p. 678-686
references_
Price, R. & S., ed. Stedman Narrative, p. xxxix, p. 678-686
References
false
References exhibitions:
Been, A. Animals & authors, fronstispiece
references_exhibitions
Been, A. Animals & authors, fronstispiece
References exhibitions
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1874.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
Commentary:
commentary
<a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a>
Commentary
false
geographic area:
Guianas
geographic_areas
Guianas
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Suriname
subject_heads
Natural history--Suriname
Subject headings
false