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:
10770
accession_no
10770
Accession number
false
Record number:
10770-3
record_number
10770-3
Record number
false
JCB call number:
F723 Z89a
jcb_call_no
F723 Z89a
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[Whale]
image_title
[Whale]
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Leipzig]
place_image_published
[Leipzig]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Peter Conrad Monath]
image_publisher
[Peter Conrad Monath]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1723
image_date
1723
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; following p. 128
image_function
plate; following p. 128
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
16.3 cm.
image_dimensions_height
16.3 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
12.8 cm.
image_dimensions_width
12.8 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
20.9 cm.
page_dimensions_height
20.9 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
17 cm.
page_dimensions_width
17 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
German
languages
German
Languages
false
Description:
[top] Whale seen from below and with a double spout. Includes scale. [bottom] Whale seen from the side with its mouth open. Images are shown as if they were drawings pinned to a board.
description
[top] Whale seen from below and with a double spout. Includes scale. [bottom] Whale seen from the side with its mouth open. Images are shown as if they were drawings pinned to a board.
Description
false
Source creator:
Zorgdrager, C. G. (Cornelis Gijsbertz), b.ca. 1650
source_creator
Zorgdrager, C. G. (Cornelis Gijsbertz), b.ca. 1650
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Bloeyende opkomst der aloude en hedendaagsche Groenlandsche visschery. German] C.G. Zorgdragers alte und neue grönländische Fischerei und Wallfischfang, ...
source_title
[Bloeyende opkomst der aloude en hedendaagsche Groenlandsche visschery. German] C.G. Zorgdragers alte und neue grönländische Fischerei und Wallfischfang, ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Leipzig
source_place_of_publication
Leipzig
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
bei Peter Conrad Monath
source_publisher
bei Peter Conrad Monath
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1723
source_date
1723
Source date
false
notes:
Both whales may be of the baleen group that lacks teeth and has a double spout. This may be Balaena mysticetus or the bowhead whale. They inhabit the north Atlantic, the Davis Strait, and Hudson Bay.
notes
Both whales may be of the baleen group that lacks teeth and has a double spout. This may be Balaena mysticetus or the bowhead whale. They inhabit the north Atlantic, the Davis Strait, and Hudson Bay.
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
References:
http://www.britanni… (Nov. 2008)
references_
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/50134/baleen-whale (Nov. 2008)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1915.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1915.
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:
Arctic
geographic_areas
Arctic
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Arctic regions
subject_heads
Natural history--Arctic regions
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Whales
subject_heads
Whales
Subject headings
false