Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Their sitting at meate.
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Accession number:
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06192
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Record number:
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06192-18
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JCB call number:
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J590 B915v GV-E.l [F] / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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Their sitting at meate.
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Creator 1:
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John White
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Creator 1 dates:
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fl. 1585-1593
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Creator 2:
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Theodor de Bry
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Creator 2 dates:
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1528-1598
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Creator 2 role:
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[engraver]
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Place image published:
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[Frankfurt]
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Image publisher:
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[J. Wechel, for T. de Bry]
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Image date:
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[1590]
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Image function:
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illustration; plate XVI
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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15.2 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
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21.2 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
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32.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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22.8 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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Two native Americans eat from the same bowl while sitting on a mat with their legs stretched before them. Along the front edge of the mat are a gourd vessel, a skin bag, a pipe, nuts, a fish, ears of corn (maize), and a shell.
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Source creator:
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Hariot, Thomas, 1560-1621
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Source Title:
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A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia. ...
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Source place of publication:
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Francoforti [Frankfurt]
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Source publisher:
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Ad Moenum Typis Ioannis Wecheli, Sumptibus Vero Theodori De Bry
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Source date:
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Anno MDXC. ... [1590]
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notes:
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The engraving is after a watercolor by John White. Theodor De Bry's America. Part I. English.
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Time Period:
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1492-1600
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References:
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Hulton, P. and Quinn, D.B. The American Drawings of John White 1577-1590, vol. II, pl. 131, no. 44B, cf. pl. 40.
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1967.
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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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Commentary:
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geographic area:
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North America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Indians of North America
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