Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Negro: Hernia disforme]
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Accession number:
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8108
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Record number:
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8108-6
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JCB call number:
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B787 P259d
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Image title:
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[Negro: Hernia disforme]
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Place image published:
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[Havana]
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Image publisher:
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[imprenta de la Capitanía]
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Image date:
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1787
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Image function:
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plate 73; following p. 194
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Technique:
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etching
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Image dimension height:
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17.2 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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12.2 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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20 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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14.7 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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View of Domingo Fernandez, a black man with elephantiasis. Seen from the back.
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Source creator:
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Parra, Antonio
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Source Title:
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Descripcion de diferentes piezas de historia natural las mas del ramo maritimo, ...
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Source place of publication:
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Havana
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Source publisher:
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En la imprenta de la Capitanía
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Source date:
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1787
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notes:
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Text describes Domingo Fernandez, a black man from the Congo, with a sarcocele, a spherical hernia of the testicles or elephantiasis (disease caused by parasitic worms that is characterized by the thickening of the skin and underlying tissues, especially in the legs and genitals).The plates in this book represent almost half of the production of published Cuban images for the eighteenth century. It is the first Cuban book illustrated by a Cuban. The plates were etched by Manuel Antonio Parra, the author's son. Other copies of the book have hand-colored plates.Image title from chapter title.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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http://www.historical-museum.org/exhibits/cuban_flora/parra/parra.htm (Feb. 2009)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1911.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Caribbean Islands
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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Abnormalities, Human
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