Johnny New-come in the island of Jamaica [graphic]

Description

Title: Johnny New-come in the island of Jamaica [graphic]
Alternative Title: Johnny Newcome in the island of Jamaica
Contributor: Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: Octr. 1, 1800.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubbished [sic] by Willm. Holland, No. 50, Oxford Street
Abstract: Design consists of twenty-one individually-captioned panels arranged in three horizonal rows illustrating Johnny's arrival in Jamaica, his contracting Yellow Fever, his illness and temporary recovery, his brief participation in Jamaican society, his relapse and eventual death from the fever
Description: Title from caption below image.
Date altered on this impression from 1800 to 1803.
Companion print to: Martial law in Jamaica.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill.
Date in imprint altered in ms. from "1800" to "1803."
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. x, p. 137.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35 x 51.9 cm, on sheet 37 x 53 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Etchings England London 1800
Aquatints England London 1800
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching with aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Jamaica
Subject (Topic): Social conditions
Black people
Bedrooms
Cemeteries
Clergy
Coffins
Couples
Death
Interiors
Physicians
Vomiting
Yellow fever
Hunting
Subjects: Jamaica > Social conditions > 18th century
Black people
Bedrooms
Cemeteries
Clergy
Coffins
Couples
Death
Interiors
Physicians
Vomiting
Yellow fever
Hunting
England > 1800
England > London > 1800

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