Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Charruas Civilisés (Pions.)
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Accession number:
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07385
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Record number:
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07385-35
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JCB call number:
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E834 D288v / 3-SIZE
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Image title:
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Charruas Civilisés (Pions.)
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Creator 1:
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Jean Baptiste Debret
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Creator 1 dates:
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1768-1848
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Creator 1 role:
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del.
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Creator 2:
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C. Motte
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Creator 2 role:
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Lith de.
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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[Firmin Didot Frères]
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Image date:
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[1834]
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Image function:
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plate 15; vol. 1, following p. 29
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Technique:
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lithograph
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Image dimension height:
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21.7 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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33.4 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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53.6 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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34 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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Native American Charrúas converse while a horse grazes nearby. Includes men on donkeys herding cattle, campfire, dog, boleadoras, ropes, sword, and jaguar skin.
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Source creator:
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Debret, Jean Baptiste, 1768-1848
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Source Title:
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Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil ... Tome premier
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Source place of publication:
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Paris
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Source publisher:
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Firmin Didot Frères, imprimeurs de l'Institut de France, libraires, rue Jacob, no. 24.
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Source date:
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M DCCC XXXIV [1834]
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notes:
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The Charrúa were a nomadic people native to Uruguay, northeastern Argentina and southern Brazil. They were known for their bravery in killing jaguars for their skins. Most of the surviving and unassimilated Charrúa were ambushed and killed after having been invited to a meeting by Bernabé Rivera at Salsipuedes creek in 1831. Some of the very few remaining Charrúas were taken to be exhibited in France in 1833. Debret discusses how useful the Charrúas were in escorting people who hired them through dangerous country, but also states that they would happily rob unescorted travelers.The lithographs in this book were made from drawings made by Debret during his fifteen-year residence (1816-1831) in Brazil.Lithographer is probably Charles Etienne Pierre Motte (French printmaker and draftsman, 1785-1836).Image placed horizontally on page.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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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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geographic area:
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Brazil
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geographic area:
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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Indians of South America
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