Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [top] Le Diner. [bottom] Les Dèlassemens d'une Aprés Diner.
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Accession number:
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07385
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Record number:
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07385-69
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JCB call number:
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E834 D288v / 3-SIZE
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Image title:
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[top] Le Diner. [bottom] Les Dèlassemens d'une Aprés Diner.
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Creator 1:
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Jean Baptiste Debret
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Creator 1 dates:
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1768-1848
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Creator 1 role:
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delt.
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Creator 2:
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Thierry Frères, succrs. de Engelmann & Cie.
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Creator 2 role:
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lith. de
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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[Firmin Didot Frères]
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Image date:
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[1835]
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Image function:
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plates 7 & 8; vol. 2, following p. 38
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Technique:
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lithograph
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Image dimension height:
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35.1 cm. (both images)
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Image dimension width:
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23 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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53.6 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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34 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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French
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Description:
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[top] A man and woman of European descent eat lunch at a table provided with fruit, a roasted fowl, and wine. Two black, male slaves attend the meal while a female slave fans the master and mistress. Two black slave children have received treats of food from the table. [bottom] Four men of European descent take siesta on a kind of porch or veranda. They wear casual clothing, play the flute, strum a guitar, read, and drink. Includes formal clothing hanging from a rack and pitcher or jug.
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Source creator:
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Debret, Jean Baptiste, 1768-1848
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Source Title:
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Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil ... Tome deuxième.
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Source place of publication:
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Paris
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Source publisher:
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Firmin Didot Frères, imprimeurs de l'Institut de France, libraires, rue Jacob, no. 24.
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Source date:
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M DCCC XXXV [1835]
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notes:
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Text explains in great detail the mid-day dining habits of different classes of residents of Rio de Janeiro.The lithographs in this book were made from drawings made by Debret during his fifteen-year residence (1816-1831) in Brazil.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1874.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Brazil
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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Dinners and dining--Brazil
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Subject headings:
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Slaves--Brazil
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Subject headings:
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Slavery--Brazil
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