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A view in the Island of Jamaica, of the bridge crossing the Cabaritta River, on the estate of William Beckford Esqr to whom this plate is dedicated by his most obliged servant, John Boydell
Title
A view in the Island of Jamaica, of the bridge crossing the Cabaritta River, on the estate of William Beckford Esqr [graphic] : to whom this plate is dedicated by his most obliged servant, John Boydell / drawn on the spot, & painted by George Robertson ; John Boydell excudit 1778 ; engraved by Daniel Lerpiniere.
Publication
[London] : Published March 25th, 1778, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London, [25 March 1778]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; sheet 40.6 x 56 cm
Medium
laid paper
Notes
Title etched below image.
"No. 4."--Lower left corner.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Exhibited: "Prospects of Empire: Slavery and Ecology in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain" at The Lewis Walpole Library, Farmington, CT, November 2014 - May 2015.
Summary
"A small wooden bridge over a broad river with rapids, between banks with rich foliage, and a group on the right bank, a woman gathering a sheet, a man with a broad hat and another sitting."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 16, 2012
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Landscape prints - Jamaica - 1778.
Etchings - England - London - 1778.
Engravings - England - London - 1778.
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