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JCB Archive of Early American Images mediaCollectionId JCB~1~1 JCB Archive of Early American Images Collection true
Record
Accession number:
92-57 accession_no 92-57 Accession number false
Record number:
92-57-6 record_number 92-57-6 Record number false
JCB call number:
D785 M388n / 2-SIZE jcb_call_no D785 M388n / 2-SIZE JCB call number false
Image title:
[Bats and a fish] image_title [Bats and a fish] 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:
1784 image_date 1784 Image date false
Image function:
plate XII [12]; vol. 1 image_function plate XII [12]; vol. 1 Image function false
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring technique engraving, hand coloring Technique false
Image dimension height:
33 cm. (platemark) image_dimensions_height 33 cm. (platemark) Image dimension height false
Image dimension width:
19.3 cm. (platemark) image_dimensions_width 19.3 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 kinds of bats including the great Madagascar, the horse-shoe, the long-eared, the New York, the sea (actually a fish), and the spectre. Items are numbered for identification in key at bottom of image. description Various kinds of bats including the great Madagascar, the horse-shoe, the long-eared, the New York, the sea (actually a fish), and the spectre. 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:
According to the text, only three of the bats pictured are native to the new world: the New York bat (4), is native to New Zealand and parts of New England; the sea bat (5), is actually a fish found in the West Indies and Brazil; the spectre or specter bat (6) is native to South America. The sea bat may be Ogcocephalus cubifrons. The vampire or specter bat is Desmodus rotundus. There are a number of bat genera found in New York. notes According to the text, only three of the bats pictured are native to the new world: the New York bat (4), is native to New Zealand and parts of New England; the sea bat (5), is actually a fish found in the West Indies and Brazil; the spectre or specter bat (6) is native to South America. The sea bat may be Ogcocephalus cubifrons. The vampire or specter bat is Desmodus rotundus. There are a number of bat genera found in New York. notes false
Time Period:
1751-1800 time_period 1751-1800 Time Period false
References:
http://www.flmnh.uf… http://bss.sfsu.edu… (Sept. 2008) references_ http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/gallery/thumb.asp; http://bss.sfsu.edu/geog/bholzman/courses/Fall99Projects/vampire.htm (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:
Brazil geographic_areas Brazil geographic area false
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands geographic_areas Caribbean Islands 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:
Bats subject_heads Bats Subject headings false
Subject headings:
Fishes subject_heads Fishes Subject headings false
Subject headings:
Natural history subject_heads Natural history Subject headings false

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