Photo, Print, Drawing A View in Jamaica.
About this Item
Title
- A View in Jamaica.
Summary
- This watercolor is from an album of original drawings and watercolors done by an English lady by the name of Catherine Street, about whom further information is unavailable. The album also includes military scenes, a view of the battle of Waterloo, and pictures of Britain and Europe, painted in the early years of the 19th century and published in 1821. This picture shows a plantation house shaded by coconut palms with more trees rising behind and steeply rising hills. The watercolor is part of the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection at the Brown University Library, the foremost American collection devoted to the history and iconography of soldiers and soldiering, and one of the world's largest collections devoted to the study of military and naval uniforms.
Names
- Street, Catherine Artist.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1800 to 1821]
Headings
- - Jamaica
- - 1800 to 1821
- - Boats and boating
- - Dwellings
- - Palms
- - Plantations
- - Watercolors
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: Ink and watercolor drawing ; 30 centimeters.
- - Original resource at: Brown University Library.
- - Content in English.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- Album of Original Military and Other Drawings and Water-Colors
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021670501
Online Format
- compressed data
- image