Vivarès, Thomas, approximately 1735-approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 March 1778]
Call Number:
Babb-Beckford no. 118++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A view of the Fort William estate belonging to William Beckford near Savannah la Marr, with the river in the foreground crossed by bridge and figures driving donkeys at the right, buildings beyond, and a house nestled in a hillside in the background; no. 3 from a series."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "No. 3."--Lower left corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 39.4 x 55.9 cm; matted to 52 x 66 cm.
Publisher:
Published March 25th, 1778, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
Vivarès, Thomas, approximately 1735-approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 March 1778]
Call Number:
Babb-Beckford no. 116++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of an estate with blacks (slaves) leading an oxcart, carrying sugar canes, walking with basket on head, and leading a horse. Includes dwellings, outbuildings, and mill buildings (?). Also includes (Beckford?) coat of arms."--John Carter Brown Library image collections, call no.: En778 R649v OVERSIZE
Description:
Title etched below image., "No. 2."--Lower left corner., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1824.
Publisher:
Published March 25th, 1778, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
Vivarès, Thomas, approximately 1735-approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 March 1778]
Call Number:
Babb-Beckford no. 117++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of an estate with blacks (slaves) leading an oxcart, carrying sugar canes, walking with basket on head, and leading a horse. Includes dwellings, outbuildings, and mill buildings (?). Also includes (Beckford?) coat of arms."--John Carter Brown Library image collections, call no.: En778 R649v OVERSIZE
Description:
Title etched below image., "No. 2."--Lower left corner., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 40.5 x 55.6 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark; matted to 56 x 72 cm.
Publisher:
Published March 25th, 1778, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
"A small wooden bridge over a broad river with rapids, between banks with rich foliage, and a group on the right bank, a woman gathering a sheet, a man with a broad hat and another sitting."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "No. 4."--Lower left corner., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Published March 25th, 1778, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
"View of the spring-head of Roaring River on the estate of William Beckford, surrounded by trees with cattle wading to front, where a kneeling man hands fruit from a basket to a standing woman; no. 5 from a series."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "No. 5."--Lower left corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Matted to 52 x 67 cm.
Publisher:
Published Mar. 25th, 1778, by Jno. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
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
Alternative Title:
Johnny Newcome in the island of Jamaica
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., and Date in imprint altered in ms. from "1800" to "1803."
Publisher:
Pubbished [sic] by Willm. Holland, No. 50, Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Jamaica
Subject (Topic):
Social conditions, Black people, Bedrooms, Cemeteries, Clergy, Coffins, Couples, Death, Interiors, Physicians, Vomiting, Yellow fever, and Hunting
Title from caption below image; subtitle from text etched in lower right corner below image., Publisher's advertisement below title: Johnny Newcome in the island of Jamaica, a companion print to this from a drawing by the same humorous pencil, may be had of Mr. Holland ..., Design consists of seventeen individually-captioned panels arranged in three horizonal rows., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: J. Whatman 1824., and Date in imprint altered in ms. from "1801" to "1803."
Publisher:
Published by Willm. Holland, No. 50, Oxford Street
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., and 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.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 12, 1802, by Willm. Holland, No. 11, Cockspur Street (removed from Oxford Street)
Title from text above and below image., Caption below image in lower left: Sore throat., Caption below image in lower right: Dry gripe[sus?]., Description based on imperfect impression; final digit of year in imprint has been erased from sheet and a "3" written in its place., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: Sofa -- Hell -- Sun -- Sickle -- Zodiac signs: Crab -- Lion., and Print caption in lower right of sheet has been slightly altered in ms.
Publisher:
Pub. by Willm. Holland, No. 50, Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Jamaica and Jamaica.
Subject (Topic):
Social conditions, Opium abuse, Yellow fever, Diseases, Devil, Drug abuse, Hourglasses, Skeletons, and Umbrellas
