Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: The Bridge over the River Gallions, from the foot of Fort Matilda, Guadaloupe.
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Accession number:
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07265
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Record number:
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07265-8
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JCB call number:
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D796 W742a / 1-SIZE (copy 2)
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Image title:
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The Bridge over the River Gallions, from the foot of Fort Matilda, Guadaloupe.
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Creator 1:
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Cooper Willyams
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Creator 1 dates:
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1762-1816
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Creator 1 role:
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Drawn by
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Creator 2:
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S. Alken
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Creator 2 role:
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Fecit
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Place image published:
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London
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Image publisher:
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[T. Bensley]
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Image date:
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1796
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Image function:
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fold-out plate; following p. 102
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Technique:
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etching, aquatint
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Image dimension height:
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26.1 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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43.1 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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45.4 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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View of a bridge over a river. A military guard patrols the bridge, and people carry burdens over it. Built environment includes guard houses or posts and fortification. A black man [slave?] speaks with two soldiers. Also includes cannon.
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Source creator:
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Willyams, Cooper, 1762-1816
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Source Title:
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An account of the campaign in the West Indies, in the year 1794, under the command of their excellencies Lieutenant General Sir Charles Grey, K. B. ...
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed by T. Bensley; for G. Nicol, Bookseller to His Majesty, Pall-Mall; B. and J. White, Fleet-Street; and J. Robson, New Bond-Street.
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Source date:
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1796
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notes:
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Explanation of the plates states that the view is taken from the highest point at Fort Matilda on Guadeloupe. Fort Matilda was also known as Fort Saint-Charles and is now Fort Delgrès.Guadeloupe is actually a small group of islands. It was held by the British from April 21 to June 2, 1794 after the monarchists who had declared independence from revolutionary France asked the the British for help in repressing slave rebellion. Willyams served as chaplain at Fort Matilda.A noted topographer and artist, the Reverend Cooper was the son of a British naval commander. After attending Cambridge, he was ordained and contributed to "Topographical Miscellanies" before first going to sea as chaplain on the Boyne in 1793. The Boyne participated in the West Indies' action related to the war between England and France. In 1796, Willyams returned to London and published An account of that campaign. In 1802 he again set sail with Nelson's fleet.The engraver is probably Samuel Alken, Senior, 1756-1815.This is the large paper edition.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Gift of the author to Richard Croft Esqr. MD. Acquired before 1870.
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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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geographic area:
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Caribbean Islands
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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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Fortification--Guadeloupe
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Subject headings:
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France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799
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Subject headings:
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Guadeloupe
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