COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
12793
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12793
Accession number
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Record number:
12793-1
record_number
12793-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
G788 E29e
jcb_call_no
G788 E29e
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Inuit man, woman, and child]
image_title
[Inuit man, woman, and child]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Copenhagen]
place_image_published
[Copenhagen]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Hans Christopher Schrøder]
image_publisher
[Hans Christopher Schrøder]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1788?]
image_date
[1788?]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; following p. 2
image_function
plate; following p. 2
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
16.9 cm.
image_dimensions_height
16.9 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
10.5 cm.
image_dimensions_width
10.5 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
19 cm.
page_dimensions_height
19 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
11.7 cm.
page_dimensions_width
11.7 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
A native American [Inuit] man, woman, and child from Greenland. The child is carried on the woman's back, and the people wear fur or animal skin garments. The man carries a bow and arrows; the woman wears earrings and carries a long, spiralled pole.
description
A native American [Inuit] man, woman, and child from Greenland. The child is carried on the woman's back, and the people wear fur or animal skin garments. The man carries a bow and arrows; the woman wears earrings and carries a long, spiralled pole.
Description
false
Source creator:
Egede, Poul Hansen, 1708-1789
source_creator
Egede, Poul Hansen, 1708-1789
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Efterretninger om Grønland, uddragne af en journal holden fra 1721 til 1788 af Paul Egede. ...
source_title
Efterretninger om Grønland, uddragne af en journal holden fra 1721 til 1788 af Paul Egede. ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Kiøbenhavn [Copenhagen]
source_place_of_publication
Kiøbenhavn [Copenhagen]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Trykt i det kongelige Baisenhuses Bogtrykkerie af Hans Christopher Schrøder.
source_publisher
Trykt i det kongelige Baisenhuses Bogtrykkerie af Hans Christopher Schrøder.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
[1788?]
source_date
[1788?]
Source date
false
notes:
P. H. Egede was the son of Hans Poulsen Egede; both were missionaries. He spent most of his life in Greenland until poor health forced him to retire to Denmark pemanently in 1740. He then instructed missionaries intending to go to Greenland. He spoke the Greenland Inuits' language like a native and translated parts of the Bible into Icelandic. This book is a history of the Greenland missions from their beginning to 1788.
notes
P. H. Egede was the son of Hans Poulsen Egede; both were missionaries. He spent most of his life in Greenland until poor health forced him to retire to Denmark pemanently in 1740. He then instructed missionaries intending to go to Greenland. He spoke the Greenland Inuits' language like a native and translated parts of the Bible into Icelandic. This book is a history of the Greenland missions from their beginning to 1788.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
http://bell.lib.umn… (Aug. 2007)
references_
http://bell.lib.umn.edu/Egede/Egede.html (Aug. 2007)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1920.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1920.
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:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Inuit--Clothing--Greenland
subject_heads
Inuit--Clothing--Greenland
Subject headings
false