The torrid zone or, blessings of Jamaica / [graphic]

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Title: The torrid zone or, blessings of Jamaica / [graphic]
Alternative Title: Blessings of Jamaica
Creator: Jones, Abraham, 19th century, printmaker
Contributor: Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
Clements C. Fry Collection of Medical Prints and Drawings (Yale Medical Library, Historical Library)
Published / Created: Octr. 1, 1800.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub by Willm. Holland No.50 Oxford Street
Description: Title etched below image.
Date from item.
Printmaker's name supplied by curator.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Inscription below and within image: Sore Throat ; Yellow Fever : Dry Gripes.
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Extent: 1 print : sheet 33.3 x 48.2 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works)
Aquatints
Material: aquatint ; and hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Topic): Grim Reaper (Symbolic character).
Yellow fever
Tropical medicine
Heat
Zodiac
Diseases
Scythes
Scorpions
Hourglasses
Smoking
Fans (Accessories).
Parasols
Newspapers
Colonies
Social life and customs
Subjects: Grim Reaper (Symbolic character).
Yellow fever
Tropical medicine
Heat
Zodiac
Diseases
Scythes
Scorpions
Hourglasses
Smoking
Fans (Accessories).
Parasols
Newspapers
Great Britain > Colonies > Social life and customs

Access: Public
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