COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
82-116
Record number:
82-116-1
JCB call number:
D825 D331n
Image title:
Jamaica Negroes Cutting Canes in their Working Dresses.
Creator 1:
Henry T. De La Beche
Creator 1 dates:
1796-1855
Creator 1 role:
Drawn by
Place image published:
London
Image publisher:
T. Cadell, Strand
Image date:
1825
Image function:
frontispiece
Technique:
lithograph, hand coloring
Image dimension height:
11.8 cm.
Image dimension width:
19.7 cm.
Page dimension height:
21.8 cm.
Page dimension width:
13.8 cm.
Materials medium:
ink, colors
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Male and female black slaves cut sugar canes. In the background, canes are bound together and loaded into oxcarts. Black male at left may be overseer.
Source creator:
De La Beche, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1796-1855
Source Title:
Notes on the present condition of the Negroes in Jamaica.
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand
Source date:
1825
notes:
Henry Thomas De La Beche was the first director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, which created the first methodical geologic survey of an entire country. He was educated for a military career, but left the army in 1815 and joined the Geological Society of London in 1817.Image placed horizontally on page.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1982.
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:
Slavery--Jamaica--Condition of slaves
Jamaica Negroes Cutting Canes in their Working Dresses.
