Segar smoking society in Jamaica! [graphic]

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Title: Segar smoking society in Jamaica! [graphic]
Contributor: James, Abraham, active 1798-1802, artist.
Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [12 November 1802]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published Novr. 12, 1802, by Willm. Holland, No. 11, Cockspur Street (removed from Oxford Street)
Description: Title from caption below image.
Artist identified as Abraham James, an army officer who had been stationed in Jamaica for the previous three or four years. See entry in the British Museum catalogue.
Temporary local subject terms: -- Jamaican table settings -- Food -- Fruit -- Pineapples -- Beverages -- Wine -- Wine glasses -- Social customs: Jamaica, 1802 -- Cigar smoking -- Chairs -- Lighting: Candle sconces -- Chandelier -- Military Uniforms, 1802.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. x, p. 149.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 33.9 x 50 cm, on sheet 37 x 52 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1802
Etchings England London 1802
Aquatints England London 1802
Material: aquatint with etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Jamaica.
Subjects: Jamaica
England > 1802
England > London > 1802

Access: Public
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