COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
34018
Record number:
34018-1
JCB call number:
D791 A537t
Image title:
The Section and Plan of a Blockhouse.
Place image published:
[London]
Image publisher:
[William Lane]
Image date:
[1791]
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 1, following p. 124
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
25.2 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width:
19.4 cm. (platemark)
Page dimension height:
21 cm.
Page dimension width:
28 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
Description:
Cross section of a blockhouse with plans of the ground floor and upper story. Elements are lettered and numbered for identification in key within the image. Includes scale.
Source creator:
Anburey, Thomas
Source Title:
Travels through the interior parts of America; in a series of letters. By an officer. ... Vol. 1.
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
Printed for William Lane, Leadenhall-Street.
Source date:
M DCC XCI. [1791]
notes:
Text states that these structures are unknown in England. Their timbers are thick enough to withstand musket shots, they can hold 100 to 120 men, and have port holes for cannons.Anburey, a lieutenant in the British army in North America from 1776 to 1781, compiled his travel account from letters he wrote during the period.Image placed horizontally on page.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1871.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
North America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject headings:
Fortifications--North America
The Section and Plan of a Blockhouse.
