COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
mediaCollectionId
JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
true
Accession number:
36313
accession_no
36313
Accession number
false
Record number:
36313-1
record_number
36313-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
D777 D684m
jcb_call_no
D777 D684m
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Soldier looks at a portrait]
image_title
[Soldier looks at a portrait]
Image title
false
Creator 1:
James Smither
creator1
James Smither
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
1741-1797
creator1_dates
1741-1797
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
sculp.
creator1_role
sculp.
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
[New York]
place_image_published
[New York]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[H. Gaine]
image_publisher
[H. Gaine]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1777]
image_date
[1777]
Image date
false
Image function:
frontispiece
image_function
frontispiece
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
13.5 cm.
image_dimensions_height
13.5 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
8.2 cm.
image_dimensions_width
8.2 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
20 cm.
page_dimensions_height
20 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
11.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
11.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Latin
languages
Latin
Languages
false
Description:
Man in military attire looks at a portrait of a gentleman held by a woman wearing classical clothes [the allegorical figure of Britannia]. Above them an angel blows a musical instrument or trumpet. Also includes a tent, writing desk, book, inkwell, and quill.
description
Man in military attire looks at a portrait of a gentleman held by a woman wearing classical clothes [the allegorical figure of Britannia]. Above them an angel blows a musical instrument or trumpet. Also includes a tent, writing desk, book, inkwell, and quill.
Description
false
Source creator:
Donkin, Robert, 1727-1821
source_creator
Donkin, Robert, 1727-1821
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Military collections and remarks
source_title
Military collections and remarks
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
New-York [New York]
source_place_of_publication
New-York [New York]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed by H. Gaine, at the Bible and Crown, in Hanover-Square
source_publisher
Printed by H. Gaine, at the Bible and Crown, in Hanover-Square
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M,DCC,LXX,VII. [1777]
source_date
M,DCC,LXX,VII. [1777]
Source date
false
notes:
The book was published to assist in providing funds "to relieve and support the innocent children and widows of the valiant soldiers inhumanly and wantonly butchered" when "peaceably marching to and from Concord the 19th April, 1775," and man in the frontispiece may represent Donkin in the uniform of the 23rd regiment of foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers).
notes
The book was published to assist in providing funds "to relieve and support the innocent children and widows of the valiant soldiers inhumanly and wantonly butchered" when "peaceably marching to and from Concord the 19th April, 1775," and man in the frontispiece may represent Donkin in the uniform of the 23rd regiment of foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers).
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
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:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Portraits
subject_groups
Portraits
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Emblems
subject_heads
Emblems
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Military uniforms
subject_heads
Military uniforms
Subject headings
false