Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Le grand sacrifice des Canadiens a Quitchi-Manitou, ou le Grand Esprit // [The grand sacrifice of the Canadans to Quitchi-Manitou, or the Great Spirit].
Call Number
E East 46/GC077/Box 09/Normal/18th c./Artists Di-G GA 2012.02559
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc5h73q841m
Publisher
[Amsterdam : [s.n.], n.d. [1723]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1723
Extent
1 item ; sheet 35.2 x 23 cm.
Source Acquisition
From the estate of Richard Ely Morse.
References
Picart, Bernard. The ceremonies and religious customs of the various nations of the known world.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Engravings
Depiction: Religious scene. Ceremonial dance surrounding a sacrificial fire.
Signed in plate, lower left: "B. Picart del.".
Signed in plate, lower right: "C. du Bosc ex".
Inscribed in plate, upper left: "Vol. 3".

Discovery Information

Subject
Canada—History—18th century—In art
Indigenous peoples—Canada—18th century—In art
Rites and ceremonies—Canada—History—18th century—In art
Sacrifice—Canada—History—18th century—In art
Religious dance—Canada—History—18th century—In art
Costume—Canada—History—18th century—In art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/65371ccd-cd9f-4199-8b3a-ce2efe06366d/manifest