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:
92-57-59
record_number
92-57-59
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D785 M388n / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
D785 M388n / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Pelicans, penguins, and petrels]
image_title
[Pelicans, penguins, and petrels]
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 LXXIII [73]; vol. 2
image_function
plate LXXIII [73]; vol. 2
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
technique
engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
32.9 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_height
32.9 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
19.2 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_width
19.2 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 pelicans, penguins, and petrels including: 1) the African pelican, 2) the American pelican, 3) the black footed penguin, 4) the northern penguin, 5) the spotted petrel, and 6) the manks petrel. Items are numbered for identification in key at bottom of image.
description
Various pelicans, penguins, and petrels including: 1) the African pelican, 2) the American pelican, 3) the black footed penguin, 4) the northern penguin, 5) the spotted petrel, and 6) the manks petrel. 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 second
source_title
A new dictionary of natural history; or, Compleat universal display of animated nature... Volume the second
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:
The American pelican may be either the brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, which inhabits much of North America and the Caribbean (as suggested in the text) or the American white pelican, P. erythrorhynchos, which is an inland bird that winters on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. The northern penguin is probably the great auk, Pinguinus impennis, a bird native to the North Atlantic from Canada to northern Europe. It was hunted to extinction, the last bird having been seen in 1852.
notes
The American pelican may be either the brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, which inhabits much of North America and the Caribbean (as suggested in the text) or the American white pelican, P. erythrorhynchos, which is an inland bird that winters on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. The northern penguin is probably the great auk, Pinguinus impennis, a bird native to the North Atlantic from Canada to northern Europe. It was hunted to extinction, the last bird having been seen in 1852.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
references_
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Brown_Pelican.html; http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/American_White_Pelican.html; http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3305&m=0 (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
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North 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:
Great auk
subject_heads
Great auk
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Pelicans
subject_heads
Pelicans
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Caribbean area
subject_heads
Natural history--Caribbean area
Subject headings
false