COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
mediaCollectionId
JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
03205
accession_no
03205
Accession number
false
Record number:
03205-8
record_number
03205-8
Record number
false
JCB call number:
J767 C891h
jcb_call_no
J767 C891h
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Een Groenlander in den Kajak.
image_title
Een Groenlander in den Kajak.
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Jan Swertner
creator1
Jan Swertner
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1746-1813
creator1_dates
1746-1813
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
sculp.
creator1_role
sculp.
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
[Haarlem & Amsterdam]
place_image_published
[Haarlem & Amsterdam]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[C.H. Bohn & H. de Wit]
image_publisher
[C.H. Bohn & H. de Wit]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1766
image_date
1766
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate 10; vol. 1, following p. 170
image_function
fold-out plate 10; vol. 1, following p. 170
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
13.6 cm.
image_dimensions_height
13.6 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
15.1 cm.
image_dimensions_width
15.1 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
20.4 cm.
page_dimensions_height
20.4 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
25.7 cm.
page_dimensions_width
25.7 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Dutch
languages
Dutch
Languages
false
Description:
Inuit man in a kayak or boat is about to throw a harpoon at a seal [?] that is getting out of the water. Includes paddle and inflated skins or bladder.
description
Inuit man in a kayak or boat is about to throw a harpoon at a seal [?] that is getting out of the water. Includes paddle and inflated skins or bladder.
Description
false
Source creator:
Cranz, David, 1723-1777
source_creator
Cranz, David, 1723-1777
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Historie von Grönland. Dutch] Historie van Groenland behelzende eene nauwkeurige beschrijvinge van 's lands ligging, gesteldheid, en natuurlijke zeldzaamheden ... bij de straate Davis ... [I. deel]
source_title
[Historie von Grönland. Dutch] Historie van Groenland behelzende eene nauwkeurige beschrijvinge van 's lands ligging, gesteldheid, en natuurlijke zeldzaamheden ... bij de straate Davis ... [I. deel]
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Te Haarlem
source_place_of_publication
Te Haarlem
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
bij C.H. Bohn, [te] Amsterdam bij H. de Wit, boekverkoopers.
source_publisher
bij C.H. Bohn, [te] Amsterdam bij H. de Wit, boekverkoopers.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1767
source_date
1767
Source date
false
notes:
The inflated bladder probably helped the kayak to right itself if capsized.David Cranz, a German historian and missionary, spent 14 months in Greenland in 1761-62.
notes
The inflated bladder probably helped the kayak to right itself if capsized.David Cranz, a German historian and missionary, spent 14 months in Greenland in 1761-62.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1866.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1866.
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
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Arctic
geographic_areas
Arctic
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Inuit--Hunting--Greenland
subject_heads
Inuit--Hunting--Greenland
Subject headings
false