COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
64-27
accession_no
64-27
Accession number
false
Record number:
64-27-46
record_number
64-27-46
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D756 B883c / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
D756 B883c / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Fishes]
image_title
[Fishes]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[T. Osborne and J. Shipton]
image_publisher
[T. Osborne and J. Shipton]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1756]
image_date
[1756]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate 45; following p. 490
image_function
plate 45; following p. 490
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
20.3 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_height
20.3 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
30 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_width
30 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
35 cm.
page_dimensions_height
35 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
22 cm.
page_dimensions_width
22 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Description:
Fishes. Figure 1 is identified as Muraena; figure 2 is identified as Esox; figure 3 is identified as Menidia; figure 4 is identified as Gymnogaster.
description
Fishes. Figure 1 is identified as Muraena; figure 2 is identified as Esox; figure 3 is identified as Menidia; figure 4 is identified as Gymnogaster.
Description
false
Source creator:
Browne, Patrick, 1720?-1790
source_creator
Browne, Patrick, 1720?-1790
Source creator
false
Source Title:
The civil and natural history of Jamaica. ...
source_title
The civil and natural history of Jamaica. ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for the author; and sold by T. Osborne, and J. Shipton, in Gray's-Inn.
source_publisher
Printed for the author; and sold by T. Osborne, and J. Shipton, in Gray's-Inn.
Source publisher
false
Source date:
MDCCLVI [1756]
source_date
MDCCLVI [1756]
Source date
false
notes:
Information about the animals depicted is found on pp. 444, 443, and 441. Browne was an Irish medical doctor who settled in Jamaica in 1746. There he collected 1200 species of plants, 400 more than Sloane. He retired to Ireland in 1771.Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
Information about the animals depicted is found on pp. 444, 443, and 441. Browne was an Irish medical doctor who settled in Jamaica in 1746. There he collected 1200 species of plants, 400 more than Sloane. He retired to Ireland in 1771.Image placed horizontally on page.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1963; former collections of William Charles de Meuron, Earl Fitzwiliam; Charles William de Meuron, Earl Fitzwilliam; Mary, Marchioness of Rockingham.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1963; former collections of William Charles de Meuron, Earl Fitzwiliam; Charles William de Meuron, Earl Fitzwilliam; Mary, Marchioness of Rockingham.
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:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Fishes
subject_heads
Fishes
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Jamaica
subject_heads
Natural history--Jamaica
Subject headings
false