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
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92-57
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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
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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