COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
92-57
accession_no
92-57
Accession number
false
Record number:
92-57-40
record_number
92-57-40
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D785 M388n / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
D785 M388n / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Birds and small mammals]
image_title
[Birds and small mammals]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
Harrison & Co.
image_publisher
Harrison & Co.
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1786
image_date
1786
Image date
false
Image function:
plate LXVI [66]; vol. 1
image_function
plate LXVI [66]; vol. 1
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
technique
engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
32.8 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_height
32.8 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
18.5 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_width
18.5 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
36.3 cm.
page_dimensions_height
36.3 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
22 cm.
page_dimensions_width
22 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink, colors
materials_medium
ink, colors
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English
languages
English
Languages
false
Description:
Various birds and animals including: 1) the Indian ichneumon, 2) the black-headed icterus, 3) the isatis, 4) the jacarini, 5) the jacamaciri, 6) the blue jay, 7) the East India blue jay, and 8) the Egyptian jerboa. Items are numbered for identification in key at bottom of image.
description
Various birds and animals including: 1) the Indian ichneumon, 2) the black-headed icterus, 3) the isatis, 4) the jacarini, 5) the jacamaciri, 6) the blue jay, 7) the East India blue jay, and 8) the Egyptian jerboa. Items are numbered for identification in key at bottom of image.
Description
false
Source creator:
Martyn, William Frederic
source_creator
Martyn, William Frederic
Source creator
false
Source Title:
A new dictionary of natural history; or, Compleat universal display of animated nature... Volume the first
source_title
A new dictionary of natural history; or, Compleat universal display of animated nature... Volume the first
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for Harrison and Co. No 18 Paternoster Row
source_publisher
Printed for Harrison and Co. No 18 Paternoster Row
Source publisher
false
Source date:
MDCCLXXXV. [1785]
source_date
MDCCLXXXV. [1785]
Source date
false
notes:
Text states that the isatis is also known as the Arctic fox, Alopex lagopus. The jacarini is the blue-black grassquit, Volatinia jacarina, found throughout Central and South America. The jacamaciri is the great jacamar Jacamerops aureus found from Costa Rica to Ecuador and the Amazon basin. Text states that the blue jay was found in Carolina; its scientific name is Cyanocitta cristata.
notes
Text states that the isatis is also known as the Arctic fox, Alopex lagopus. The jacarini is the blue-black grassquit, Volatinia jacarina, found throughout Central and South America. The jacamaciri is the great jacamar Jacamerops aureus found from Costa Rica to Ecuador and the Amazon basin. Text states that the blue jay was found in Carolina; its scientific name is Cyanocitta cristata.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
references_
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/arctic-fox.html; http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Volatinia_jacarina.html; http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec99-18.html; http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Blue_Jay.html (Sept. 2008)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1992.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1992.
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
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false
geographic area:
Arctic
geographic_areas
Arctic
geographic area
false
geographic area:
Brazil
geographic_areas
Brazil
geographic area
false
geographic area:
Guianas
geographic_areas
Guianas
geographic area
false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--North America
subject_heads
Natural history--North America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Jacamars
subject_heads
Jacamars
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--South America
subject_heads
Natural history--South America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Arctic fox
subject_heads
Arctic fox
Subject headings
false