Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [View of a mountain]
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Accession number:
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05917
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Record number:
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05917-19
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JCB call number:
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D830 T284t
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Image title:
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[View of a mountain]
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Creator 1:
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T. Bagg
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Creator 1 role:
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Sc.
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[Colburn & Bentley]
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Image date:
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1830
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Image function:
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illustration; vol. 2, p. 55
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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9.9 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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9 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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21 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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13 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 a mountain range with a pass. Includes group of tents and mounted people.
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Source creator:
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Temple, Edmond
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Source Title:
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Travel in various parts of Peru, including a year's residence in Potosi, ... Vol II.
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street
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Source date:
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1830
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notes:
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This is probably Illimani, a mountain 21,004 feet high just south of La Paz, Bolivia.Temple made his trip as secretary of the Potosi Mining Association and left London in 1825. He sailed to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and then made his way to Potosí by land.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1874.
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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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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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Mountains--Bolivia
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