COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
23491
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23491
Accession number
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Record number:
23491
record_number
23491
Record number
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JCB call number:
En757 B7 /3
jcb_call_no
En757 B7 /3
JCB call number
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Image title:
To the Right Honourable George Earl of Hallifax ... This View of St. Johns Harbour in the Island of Antigua ...
image_title
To the Right Honourable George Earl of Hallifax ... This View of St. Johns Harbour in the Island of Antigua ...
Image title
false
Creator 1:
William Brasier
creator1
William Brasier
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
delin.
creator1_role
delin.
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
Major
creator2
Major
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 role:
Sculp.
creator2_role
Sculp.
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image date:
[1757]
image_date
[1757]
Image date
false
Image function:
print
image_function
print
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
31.5 cm.
image_dimensions_height
31.5 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
49.3 cm.
image_dimensions_width
49.3 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
35.5 cm.
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35.5 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
51.5 cm.
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51.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
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paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English
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English
Languages
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Description:
View of St. John's Harbor, Antigua, showing fortifications, ships, windmills, and dwellings. In foreground, enslaved Black people carry and chop wood. Items in the image are numbered for identification in a key below. Includes Halifax [?] coat of arms.
description
View of St. John's Harbor, Antigua, showing fortifications, ships, windmills, and dwellings. In foreground, enslaved Black people carry and chop wood. Items in the image are numbered for identification in a key below. Includes Halifax [?] coat of arms.
Description
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notes:
Antigua served as the headquarters for the British Caribbean fleet which was based at English Harbor during the late eighteenth century.
notes
Antigua served as the headquarters for the British Caribbean fleet which was based at English Harbor during the late eighteenth century.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
http://www.geograph… (Mar. 2003)
references_
http://www.geographia.com/antigua-barbuda/agharb01.htm (Mar. 2003)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1961.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1961.
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
false
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
subject_groups
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
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Subject headings:
Antigua--Description and travel
subject_heads
Antigua--Description and travel
Subject headings
false