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:
07436
accession_no
07436
Accession number
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Record number:
07436-1
record_number
07436-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D798 C717v /1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
D798 C717v /1-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Physeter, or Spermaceti Whale. Drawn by Scale, from one killed on the Coast of Mexico, August 1793. and hoisted in on Deck.
image_title
Physeter, or Spermaceti Whale. Drawn by Scale, from one killed on the Coast of Mexico, August 1793. and hoisted in on Deck.
Image title
false
Creator 1:
James Colnett
creator1
James Colnett
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1755?-1806
creator1_dates
1755?-1806
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
delin.
creator1_role
delin.
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
G. Allen
creator2
G. Allen
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 role:
Sct.
creator2_role
Sct.
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
London
place_image_published
London
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
A. Arrowsmith, Charles Street, Soho.
image_publisher
A. Arrowsmith, Charles Street, Soho.
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1798
image_date
1798
Image date
false
Image function:
plate [7]; at end
image_function
plate [7]; at end
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
29 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_height
29 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
23.2 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_width
23.2 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
29.6 cm
page_dimensions_height
29.6 cm
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
23.7 cm.
page_dimensions_width
23.7 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English
languages
English
Languages
false
Description:
Sperm whale showing the way it should be butchered. Includes a scale. Items in the image are lettered for identification in text.
description
Sperm whale showing the way it should be butchered. Includes a scale. Items in the image are lettered for identification in text.
Description
false
Source creator:
Colnett, James, 1755?-1806
source_creator
Colnett, James, 1755?-1806
Source creator
false
Source Title:
A voyage to the South Atlantic and round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean, for the purpose of extending the spermaceti whale fisheries ...
source_title
A voyage to the South Atlantic and round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean, for the purpose of extending the spermaceti whale fisheries ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
printed for the author, by W. Bennett. Sold by A. Arrowsmith; Stockdale; Edgerton; Elmsly; and White
source_publisher
printed for the author, by W. Bennett. Sold by A. Arrowsmith; Stockdale; Edgerton; Elmsly; and White
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1798
source_date
1798
Source date
false
notes:
Colnett had accompanied Captain James Cook on his third voyage. This narrative records the voyage to the South Atlantic to open it to sperm whale hunting.
notes
Colnett had accompanied Captain James Cook on his third voyage. This narrative records the voyage to the South Atlantic to open it to sperm whale hunting.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
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:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Whales--Mexico
subject_heads
Whales--Mexico
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Whaling--Mexico
subject_heads
Whaling--Mexico
Subject headings
false