COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
02260
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02260
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Record number:
02260-11
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02260-11
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JCB call number:
D820 S523a
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D820 S523a
JCB call number
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Image title:
Apparatus used in the Northern Whale Fishery.
image_title
Apparatus used in the Northern Whale Fishery.
Image title
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Creator 1:
William Scoresby
creator1
William Scoresby
Creator 1
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Creator 1 dates:
1789-1857
creator1_dates
1789-1857
Creator 1 dates
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Creator 1 role:
Drawn by
creator1_role
Drawn by
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
W. & D. Lizars
creator2
W. & D. Lizars
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 role:
sculpt.
creator2_role
sculpt.
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
Edinburgh
place_image_published
Edinburgh
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
Constable & Co.
image_publisher
Constable & Co.
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1820
image_date
1820
Image date
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Image function:
Plate XXI [21]; vol. 2, end of book
image_function
Plate XXI [21]; vol. 2, end of book
Image function
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Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
19.5 cm.
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19.5 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
12.3 cm.
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12.3 cm.
Image dimension width
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Page dimension height:
21.6 cm.
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21.6 cm.
Page dimension height
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Page dimension width:
13 cm.
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13 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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Languages:
English
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English
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Description:
Ice and fishing apparatus. Items are numbered for identification in the explanation of plates. The instruments consist of: 1. ice-axe; 2, 3. ice-anchors; 4. bay ice-anchor; 5. blubber pump; 6. bone hand-spike; 7. ice-saw; 8. another saw, for thinner ice.
description
Ice and fishing apparatus. Items are numbered for identification in the explanation of plates. The instruments consist of: 1. ice-axe; 2, 3. ice-anchors; 4. bay ice-anchor; 5. blubber pump; 6. bone hand-spike; 7. ice-saw; 8. another saw, for thinner ice.
Description
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Source creator:
Scoresby, William, 1789-1857
source_creator
Scoresby, William, 1789-1857
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false
Source Title:
An account of the Arctic regions, with a history and description of the northern whale-fishery. ... Vol. II.
source_title
An account of the Arctic regions, with a history and description of the northern whale-fishery. ... Vol. II.
Source Title
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Source place of publication:
Edinburgh
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Edinburgh
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Source publisher:
Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh: and Hurst, Robinson and Co. Cheapside, London.
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Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh: and Hurst, Robinson and Co. Cheapside, London.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1820
source_date
1820
Source date
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notes:
William Scoresby, born in Yorkshire of a father who made his fortune in whaling, became an Arctic explorer and, later, a clergyman. His observations of natural phenomena contributed to the understanding of Arctic conditions. He also mapped and charted the east coast of Greenland on his voyage there in 1823.This book is acknowledged to be an important source for Herman Melville's Moby Dick.One of the engravers is probably William Home Lizars, Scottish painter and engraver (1788-1859).
notes
William Scoresby, born in Yorkshire of a father who made his fortune in whaling, became an Arctic explorer and, later, a clergyman. His observations of natural phenomena contributed to the understanding of Arctic conditions. He also mapped and charted the east coast of Greenland on his voyage there in 1823.This book is acknowledged to be an important source for Herman Melville's Moby Dick.One of the engravers is probably William Home Lizars, Scottish painter and engraver (1788-1859).
notes
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Time Period:
1801-1850
time_period
1801-1850
Time Period
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References:
Thorp, W. "Review of The Trying-Out of Moby-Dick by Howard P. Vincent," American Literature, vol. 22, no. 3. (Nov. 1950), p. 355-356
references_
Thorp, W. "Review of The Trying-Out of Moby-Dick by Howard P. Vincent," American Literature, vol. 22, no. 3. (Nov. 1950), p. 355-356
References
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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
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false
geographic area:
Arctic
geographic_areas
Arctic
geographic area
false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Whaling
subject_heads
Whaling
Subject headings
false