Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
30837
Record number:
30837-2
JCB call number:
D794 N532c / 2-SIZE
Image title:
(Left) Portrait of a Man of Prince William's Sound.; (Right) Portrait of a Woman of Prince William's Sound.
Creator 1:
Page
Creator 1 role:
sculp.
Place image published:
[London]
Image publisher:
Alexr. Hogg, at the Kings Arms, No. 16, Paternoster Row.
Image date:
[1794]
Image function:
plate; following p. 100 (1st count)
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
23.6 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width:
36.2 cm. (platemark)
Page dimension height:
39.6 cm.
Page dimension width:
24.2 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
Description:
Quarter-length portraits of Eskimo man and woman.
Source Title:
A new, complete, and universal collection of authentic and entertaining voyages and travels to all the various parts of the world.
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
Printed for Alex. Hogg, at the King's-Arms, No. 16, Paternoster-Row; ...
Source date:
[1794]
notes:
Cf. 31979-4 for the probable source of this image based ultimately on a drawing by John Webber, official artist on Cook's third voyage. This plate has been re-engraved by Page with the placement of the male and female figures reversed. Image placed horizontally on page.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Eskimos--First contact with Europeans
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1950.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Image ID:
5980003
Resolution Size:
7
Format:
SID
Media Type:
Image
File Name:
05987003.sid
Width:
8687
Height:
5427

(Left) Portrait of a Man of Prince William's Sound.; (Right) Portrait of a Woman of …