COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
07385
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07385
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Record number:
07385-91
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07385-91
Record number
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JCB call number:
E834 D288v / 3-SIZE
jcb_call_no
E834 D288v / 3-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[top] Exploitation d'une Carrière de Granit. [bottom] Passage d'une Rivière Guéable.
image_title
[top] Exploitation d'une Carrière de Granit. [bottom] Passage d'une Rivière Guéable.
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Jean Baptiste Debret
creator1
Jean Baptiste Debret
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1768-1848
creator1_dates
1768-1848
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
delt.
creator1_role
delt.
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
Thierry Frères, succrs. de Engelmann & Cie.
creator2
Thierry Frères, succrs. de Engelmann & Cie.
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 role:
lith. de
creator2_role
lith. de
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Firmin Didot Frères]
image_publisher
[Firmin Didot Frères]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1835]
image_date
[1835]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate 47; vol. 2, following p. 144
image_function
plate 47; vol. 2, following p. 144
Image function
false
Technique:
lithograph
technique
lithograph
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
29.5 cm. (both images)
image_dimensions_height
29.5 cm. (both images)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
23.3 cm.
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23.3 cm.
Image dimension width
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Page dimension height:
53.6 cm.
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53.6 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
34 cm.
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34 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
French
languages
French
Languages
false
Description:
[top] The mining or quarrying of granite by black slaves. Rock is blasted out of a mountain, holes are cut into the rock to receive charges of dynamite, and an oxcart is loaded with stone. [bottom] Black men and men on donkeys or horses carry loads across a river in a jungle.
description
[top] The mining or quarrying of granite by black slaves. Rock is blasted out of a mountain, holes are cut into the rock to receive charges of dynamite, and an oxcart is loaded with stone. [bottom] Black men and men on donkeys or horses carry loads across a river in a jungle.
Description
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Source creator:
Debret, Jean Baptiste, 1768-1848
source_creator
Debret, Jean Baptiste, 1768-1848
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil ... Tome deuxième.
source_title
Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil ... Tome deuxième.
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Paris
source_place_of_publication
Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Firmin Didot Frères, imprimeurs de l'Institut de France, libraires, rue Jacob, no. 24.
source_publisher
Firmin Didot Frères, imprimeurs de l'Institut de France, libraires, rue Jacob, no. 24.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M DCCC XXXV [1835]
source_date
M DCCC XXXV [1835]
Source date
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notes:
[top] There were several deposits of granite around Rio de Janeiro. Text states that this one was at the foot of the mountain near which was built the church of Notre-Dame de la Gloire. Only slaves engaged in this quarrying. [bottom] Text describes the difficulty of such a crossing and identifies the location as Corityba, now Curitiba, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná.The lithographs in this book were made from drawings made by Debret during his fifteen-year residence (1816-1831) in Brazil.
notes
[top] There were several deposits of granite around Rio de Janeiro. Text states that this one was at the foot of the mountain near which was built the church of Notre-Dame de la Gloire. Only slaves engaged in this quarrying. [bottom] Text describes the difficulty of such a crossing and identifies the location as Corityba, now Curitiba, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná.The lithographs in this book were made from drawings made by Debret during his fifteen-year residence (1816-1831) in Brazil.
notes
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Time Period:
1801-1850
time_period
1801-1850
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false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1874.
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:
Brazil
geographic_areas
Brazil
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Transportation--Brazil
subject_heads
Transportation--Brazil
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Slaves--Brazil
subject_heads
Slaves--Brazil
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Slavery--Brazil
subject_heads
Slavery--Brazil
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Quarries and quarrying--Brazil
subject_heads
Quarries and quarrying--Brazil
Subject headings
false