Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: A View in the Island of Jamaica, of the Bridge crossing the Cabaritta River, on the Estate of William Beckford Esqr:

Accession number: 
32880
Record number: 
32880
JCB call number: 
En778 R649v OVERSIZE
Image title: 
A View in the Island of Jamaica, of the Bridge crossing the Cabaritta River, on the Estate of William Beckford Esqr:
Creator 1: 
George Robertson
Creator 1 dates: 
1748?-1788
Creator 1 role: 
Drawn on the Spot, & Painted by
Creator 2: 
Daniel Lerpiniere
Creator 2 dates: 
ca. 1745-1785
Creator 2 role: 
Engraved by
Creator 3: 
John Boydell
Creator 3 dates: 
1719-1804
Creator 3 role: 
excudit
Place image published: 
London
Image publisher: 
Published ... by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside
Image date: 
1778
Image function: 
print; No. 4
Technique: 
engraving
Image dimension height: 
35.1 cm.
Image dimension width: 
52.2 cm.
Page dimension height: 
50 cm.
Page dimension width: 
67.7 cm.
Materials medium: 
ink
Materials support: 
paper
Languages: 
English
Description: 
View of enslaved Black people doing laundry beside a river with falls. One man carries a basket on his head. Two men stand on an arched bridge that crosses the river. Also includes [Beckford?] coat of arms.
notes: 
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.
Time Period: 
1751-1800
Provenance/Donor: 
Acquired in 1961.
Owner and copyright: 
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area: 
Caribbean Islands
Subject Area: 
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject headings: 
Jamaica--Description and travel
Subject headings: 
Slavery--Caribbean area