Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: A View in the Island of Jamaica, of Roaring River Estate, belonging to William Beckford Esqr: near Savannah la Marr;
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Accession number:
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32878
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Record number:
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32878
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JCB call number:
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En778 R649v OVERSIZE
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Image title:
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A View in the Island of Jamaica, of Roaring River Estate, belonging to William Beckford Esqr: near Savannah la Marr;
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Creator 1:
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George Robertson
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Creator 1 dates:
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1748?-1788
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Creator 1 role:
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Drawn on the Spot, & Painted by
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Creator 2:
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Thomas Vivares
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Creator 2 dates:
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1735-1821
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Creator 2 role:
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Engraved by
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Creator 3:
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John Boydell
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Creator 3 dates:
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1719-1804
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Creator 3 role:
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excudit
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Place image published:
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London
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Image publisher:
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Published ... by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside
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Image date:
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1778
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Image function:
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print; No. 2
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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34.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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52.2 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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49.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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67.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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English
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Description:
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View of an estate with enslaved Black people leading an oxcart, carrying sugar canes, walking with basket on head, and leading a horse. Includes dwellings, outbuildings, and mill buildings [?]. Also includes [Beckford?] coat of arms.
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notes:
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George Robertson painted a series of idealized views of Jamaica for his patron, William Beckford, including three which featured Beckford's plantation in Jamaica. Beckford's great wealth derived from his sugar plantations in Jamaica. Boydell commisioned various artists to create copperplates for engravings and developed a lucrative print-selling trade.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1961.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Caribbean Islands
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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Jamaica--Description and travel
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Subject headings:
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Sugar--Manufacture and refining--Jamaica
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Subject headings:
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Slavery--Caribbean area
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