COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
02-15
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02-15
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Record number:
02-15-50
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02-15-50
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JCB call number:
E835 O64v / 2-SIZE
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E835 O64v / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
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Image title:
Détails des sculptures en relief du portique de la planche 6.
image_title
Détails des sculptures en relief du portique de la planche 6.
Image title
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Creator 1:
Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny
creator1
Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny
Creator 1
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Creator 1 dates:
1802-1857
creator1_dates
1802-1857
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Creator 1 role:
del.
creator1_role
del.
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
A. Saint Aulaire
creator2
A. Saint Aulaire
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false
Creator 2 role:
lith.
creator2_role
lith.
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
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false
Image publisher:
Levrault
image_publisher
Levrault
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1844]
image_date
[1844]
Image date
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Image function:
plate 7; vol. 3, part 5
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plate 7; vol. 3, part 5
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Technique:
lithograph
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lithograph
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Image dimension height:
18 cm.
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18 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
27 cm.
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27 cm.
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Page dimension height:
35 cm.
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35 cm.
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Page dimension width:
26.6 cm.
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26.6 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Description:
Detailed view of the relief carvings on the monolithic door or arch found at Tiwanaku, also called Tiahuanaco, near La Paz, Bolivia. Includes images of god, sun, and mythological animals such as bird and snakes.
description
Detailed view of the relief carvings on the monolithic door or arch found at Tiwanaku, also called Tiahuanaco, near La Paz, Bolivia. Includes images of god, sun, and mythological animals such as bird and snakes.
Description
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Source creator:
Orbigny, Alcide Dessalines d', 1802-1857
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Orbigny, Alcide Dessalines d', 1802-1857
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale] Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, ... l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou) ... Tome troisième
source_title
[Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale] Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, ... l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou) ... Tome troisième
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Paris; Strasbourg
source_place_of_publication
Paris; Strasbourg
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Chez P. Bertrand, éditeur ... ; Chez V[euv]e. LeVrault ...
source_publisher
Chez P. Bertrand, éditeur ... ; Chez V[euv]e. LeVrault ...
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1844
source_date
1844
Source date
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notes:
Tiwanaku, once on the shore of Lake Titicaca, was an important ceremonial center. The society that built it is believed to have been more advanced than the Incas in art, pottery, astronomy, and mathematics. This arch, displaying the sun god, Viracocha, is still extant at Tiwanaku.Originally issued in 90 fascicles between 1834 and 1847; typically bound in 7 to 11 volumes.Lemercier & Companie was a leading lithography firm in Paris in the mid-nineteenth century.Lithographer is probably Félix Achille Saint-Aulaire, French painter and lithographer, 1801-after 1838.Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
Tiwanaku, once on the shore of Lake Titicaca, was an important ceremonial center. The society that built it is believed to have been more advanced than the Incas in art, pottery, astronomy, and mathematics. This arch, displaying the sun god, Viracocha, is still extant at Tiwanaku.Originally issued in 90 fascicles between 1834 and 1847; typically bound in 7 to 11 volumes.Lemercier & Companie was a leading lithography firm in Paris in the mid-nineteenth century.Lithographer is probably Félix Achille Saint-Aulaire, French painter and lithographer, 1801-after 1838.Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
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Time Period:
1801-1850
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1801-1850
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Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 2002.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 2002.
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:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
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:
Indians of South America--Antiquities--Bolivia
subject_heads
Indians of South America--Antiquities--Bolivia
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Tiwanaku Site (Bolivia)
subject_heads
Tiwanaku Site (Bolivia)
Subject headings
false