COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
06944
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06944
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Record number:
06944-53
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06944-53
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JCB call number:
D796 S812n / 1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
D796 S812n / 1-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[top] The Murine Oppossum of Terra-Firma. [bottom] The Vampire or Spectre of Guiana.
image_title
[top] The Murine Oppossum of Terra-Firma. [bottom] The Vampire or Spectre of Guiana.
Image title
false
Creator 1:
A. Smith
creator1
A. Smith
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
sculpt.
creator1_role
sculpt.
Creator 1 role
false
Place image published:
London
place_image_published
London
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard
image_publisher
J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard
Image publisher
false
Image date:
Decr. 1st. 1791
image_date
Decr. 1st. 1791
Image date
false
Image function:
plate 57; vol. 2, following p. 142
image_function
plate 57; vol. 2, following p. 142
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
technique
engraving, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
16.3 cm.
image_dimensions_height
16.3 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
13.3 cm.
image_dimensions_width
13.3 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
29 cm.
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29 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
22.5 cm.
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22.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink, colors
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ink, colors
Materials medium
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Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
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Languages:
English
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English
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Description:
[top] A four-eyed opossum and [bottom] a tropical American false vampire bat with the severed head of a boar. Includes dwellings.
description
[top] A four-eyed opossum and [bottom] a tropical American false vampire bat with the severed head of a boar. Includes dwellings.
Description
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Source creator:
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797
source_creator
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam ... Vol. II.
source_title
Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam ... Vol. II.
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, & J. Edwards, Pall Mall
source_publisher
Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, & J. Edwards, Pall Mall
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1796
source_date
1796
Source date
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notes:
The four-eyed opossum, Philander opossum, is here mislabeled Murine Oppossum and is known in Surinamese as fo-ai-awari. The bat shown is not the true vampire bat of Suriname, which is quite small, but the false vampire bat, Vampyrum spectrum, which is the largest New World bat. The South American vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus E. Geoffroy, typically bites humans on the big toe.
notes
The four-eyed opossum, Philander opossum, is here mislabeled Murine Oppossum and is known in Surinamese as fo-ai-awari. The bat shown is not the true vampire bat of Suriname, which is quite small, but the false vampire bat, Vampyrum spectrum, which is the largest New World bat. The South American vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus E. Geoffroy, typically bites humans on the big toe.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
Price, R. & S., ed. Stedman Narrative, p. 678-686
references_
Price, R. & S., ed. Stedman Narrative, p. 678-686
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1874.
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
Commentary:
commentary
<a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a>
Commentary
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geographic area:
Guianas
geographic_areas
Guianas
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Suriname
subject_heads
Natural history--Suriname
Subject headings
false