COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
28540
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28540
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Record number:
28540-1
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28540-1
Record number
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JCB call number:
E774 S265u / 2-SIZE
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E774 S265u / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
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Image title:
[Allegory of British commerce]
image_title
[Allegory of British commerce]
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Charles Mosley
creator1
Charles Mosley
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
ca. 1720-ca. 1770
creator1_dates
ca. 1720-ca. 1770
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
sculp.
creator1_role
sculp.
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false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, J. Hinton, ...]
image_publisher
[W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, J. Hinton, ...]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1774]
image_date
[1774]
Image date
false
Image function:
frontispiece; vol. 1
image_function
frontispiece; vol. 1
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
35.1 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_height
35.1 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
23.5 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_width
23.5 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
42 cm.
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42 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
26.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
26.5 cm.
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false
Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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false
Materials support:
paper
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paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English
languages
English
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Description:
The personification of Britain or Britannia as a woman sits near a colonnaded porch; she leans on a shield and holds a caduceus and a trident (symbols of Mercury, god of commerce and Neptune, god of the seas respectively). She is approached by four female figures who represent the four continents: America holding corn or maize and tobacco and wearing a feathered headdress; Africa kneeling and presenting a tusk; Asia presenting a box of jewels; and Europe wearing a crown and carrying a cornucopia. In the foreground are a river god, a barrel, and bales of goods. In the background is a scene of a port with ships and men loading a barrel. Below the image are verses from Gay's To his Native Country.
description
The personification of Britain or Britannia as a woman sits near a colonnaded porch; she leans on a shield and holds a caduceus and a trident (symbols of Mercury, god of commerce and Neptune, god of the seas respectively). She is approached by four female figures who represent the four continents: America holding corn or maize and tobacco and wearing a feathered headdress; Africa kneeling and presenting a tusk; Asia presenting a box of jewels; and Europe wearing a crown and carrying a cornucopia. In the foreground are a river god, a barrel, and bales of goods. In the background is a scene of a port with ships and men loading a barrel. Below the image are verses from Gay's To his Native Country.
Description
false
Source creator:
Savary des Brûlons, Jacques, 1657-1716
source_creator
Savary des Brûlons, Jacques, 1657-1716
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Dictionnaire universel de commerce. English] The universal dictionary of trade and commerce: with large additions and improvements, adapting the same to the present state of British affairs in America, since the last treaty of peace made in the year 1763. ... the fourth edition. vol. 1.
source_title
[Dictionnaire universel de commerce. English] The universal dictionary of trade and commerce: with large additions and improvements, adapting the same to the present state of British affairs in America, since the last treaty of peace made in the year 1763. ... the fourth edition. vol. 1.
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, J. Hinton, ...
source_publisher
Printed for W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, J. Hinton, ...
Source publisher
false
Source date:
MDCCLXXIV. [1774]
source_date
MDCCLXXIV. [1774]
Source date
false
notes:
The source of the verses is John Gay's Fifty-one Fables in Verse, vol. 2, fable VIII (1727, written for Prince William) about the interdependence of people for their mutual benefit. A fly, who claims the status of a gentleman and refuses to work, is killed.This work is primarily a translation of Jacques Savary de Brûlons' Dictionnaire universel de commerce, first printed in 3 volumes, Paris, 1723-1730. Also includes Philémon Louis Savary's continuation and Malachy Postlethwayt's additions.
notes
The source of the verses is John Gay's Fifty-one Fables in Verse, vol. 2, fable VIII (1727, written for Prince William) about the interdependence of people for their mutual benefit. A fly, who claims the status of a gentleman and refuses to work, is killed.This work is primarily a translation of Jacques Savary de Brûlons' Dictionnaire universel de commerce, first printed in 3 volumes, Paris, 1723-1730. Also includes Philémon Louis Savary's continuation and Malachy Postlethwayt's additions.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Visual categories:
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
visual_categories
Emblems (Allegorical pictures)
Visual categories
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1940.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1940.
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
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Commerce
subject_heads
Commerce
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Emblems--America
subject_heads
Emblems--America
Subject headings
false