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Book (Workbook)
Job Jones
1766
Category
Books
Creator/Artist/Maker
Job Jones (Maker)
Place of Origin
New Jersey; Burlington; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Paper (wove)
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
2018.0024
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds drawn from the Centenary Fund
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Object Number
2018.0024
Object Name
Book (Workbook)
Category
Books
Creator (Role)
Job Jones (Maker)
Place of Origin
New Jersey; Burlington; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
The book was started as a cyphering book with mathematics and navigational exercises. By March 1766 it was used as a log book. The drawings were made aboard ship on his two voyages from Cape Henlopen (the southernmost cape of the Delaware Bay, near Lewes, Delaware) to Jamaica.
Date
1766
Subject(s)
- Quaker
- Maritime
- Animals
Materials
- Paper (wove)
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand colored
- Hand lettered
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
8.75 (H) x 13.5 (W) x 1.25 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
22.225 (H) x 34.29 (W) x 3.175 (D)