COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
69-79
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69-79
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Record number:
69-79-5
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69-79-5
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JCB call number:
D824 L991p
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D824 L991p
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Image title:
Snow Village of the Eskimaux, Winter Island.
image_title
Snow Village of the Eskimaux, Winter Island.
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Creator 1:
George Francis Lyon
creator1
George Francis Lyon
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1795-1832
creator1_dates
1795-1832
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Creator 1 role:
Drawn by
creator1_role
Drawn by
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false
Creator 2:
Edward Francis Finden
creator2
Edward Francis Finden
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false
Creator 2 dates:
1791-1857
creator2_dates
1791-1857
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false
Creator 2 role:
Engraved by
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Engraved by
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false
Place image published:
London
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London
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false
Image publisher:
John Murray
image_publisher
John Murray
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1824
image_date
1824
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Image function:
plate; following p. 110
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plate; following p. 110
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
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engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
7.5 cm.
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7.5 cm.
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false
Image dimension width:
17 cm.
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17 cm.
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Page dimension height:
21.1 cm.
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21.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
12.3 cm.
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12.3 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Description:
Native American [Inuit] village or group of dwellings populated by Inuit and their sled dogs. Includes sledges or sleds, kyaks (?), and spears.
description
Native American [Inuit] village or group of dwellings populated by Inuit and their sled dogs. Includes sledges or sleds, kyaks (?), and spears.
Description
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Source creator:
Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795-1832
source_creator
Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795-1832
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Source Title:
The private journal of Captain G. F. Lyon, of H. M. S. Hecla, during the recent voyage of discovery under Captain Parry.
source_title
The private journal of Captain G. F. Lyon, of H. M. S. Hecla, during the recent voyage of discovery under Captain Parry.
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Source place of publication:
London
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London
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false
Source publisher:
John Murray, Albemarle-Street
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John Murray, Albemarle-Street
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1824
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1824
Source date
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notes:
This is the settlement visited by Parry, Lyon, and others during in February of 1822. A group of Inuit came to their ships, and led them to the dwellings. Winter Island is at the southeast of Melville Peninsula in northern Canada.Lyon served as captain of the Hecla during Parry's second arctic expedition of 1821-23 in search of a northwest passage. The expedition reached the Fury and Hecla Strait between Baffin Island and Melville Peninsula in northern Canada. Lyon had previously disguised himself as a Muslim in order to explore the interior of Africa.Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
This is the settlement visited by Parry, Lyon, and others during in February of 1822. A group of Inuit came to their ships, and led them to the dwellings. Winter Island is at the southeast of Melville Peninsula in northern Canada.Lyon served as captain of the Hecla during Parry's second arctic expedition of 1821-23 in search of a northwest passage. The expedition reached the Fury and Hecla Strait between Baffin Island and Melville Peninsula in northern Canada. Lyon had previously disguised himself as a Muslim in order to explore the interior of Africa.Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
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Time Period:
1801-1850
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1801-1850
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References:
http://www.arcticwe… (April 2007)
references_
http://www.arcticwebsite.com/Parry1821NationalGazette.html (April 2007)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1969.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1969.
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
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false
geographic area:
Arctic
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Arctic
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Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Inuit--Dwellings
subject_heads
Inuit--Dwellings
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false