COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
23491
Record number:
23491
JCB call number:
En757 B7 /3
Image title:
To the Right Honourable George Earl of Hallifax ... This View of St. Johns Harbour in the Island of Antigua ...
Creator 1:
William Brasier
Creator 1 role:
delin.
Creator 2:
Major
Creator 2 role:
Sculp.
Place image published:
[London]
Image date:
[1757]
Image function:
print
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
31.5 cm.
Image dimension width:
49.3 cm.
Page dimension height:
35.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
51.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
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.
notes:
Antigua served as the headquarters for the British Caribbean fleet which was based at English Harbor during the late eighteenth century.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1961.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject headings:
Antigua--Description and travel
To the Right Honourable George Earl of Hallifax ... This View of St. Johns Harbour in the ...
