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
Accompanied by newspaper clippings from a 1911 issue of the New Orleans Picayune which partially transcribe Tureaud's manuscript and include reproductions of paintings of the Tureaud family, pasted into a scrapbook with manuscript annotations by reporter Trist Wood. and Manuscript memoir bound with string, in French, detailing Tureaud's employ as supercargo aboard the Alert, an American merchant vessel which departed Baltimore for the port of Vera Cruz in 1801 and his subsequent life in Louisiana. Narrative describes the Alert's interception and interrogation by a British privateer, the Spring Bird, and subsequent capture by a British ship, the Crescent. Tureaud was held on suspicion of smuggling goods for the benefit of France. Describes Tureaud's detention and examination in Port Royal by the English Admiralty Court; an accidental shooting, an outbreak of yellow fever, several encounters with other English vessels, and an attempted mutiny by the crew following the resumption of the Alert's voyage to Vera Cruz; the ship's inhospitable reception by the Spanish governor of Vera Cruz; and Tureaud's eventual settlement in New Orleans and introduction into New Orleans society. Details the arrangement of his marriage to Elizabeth Bringier and several other romantic attachments.
Description:
Augustin Dominique Tureaud, born October 23, 1764, in La Rochelle, France. He fled San Domingo after a slave revolt, and moved to Baltimore where he sought to make his fortune in maritime trade. After a failed commercial voyage to Vera Cruz in 1801, Tureaud settled in New Orleans, marrying fourteen-year-old Elizabeth (Betzy) Louise Bringier in 1803 to solidify a partnership with her father, Marius Pons Bringier. Tureaud later became a judge in Acadia County, Louisiana., Materials in French and English., and Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2003.
Subject (Geographic):
Latin America--Commerce--United States, New Orleans (La.)--Social life and customs--19th century, Port Royal (Jamaica)--Description and travel, United States--Commerce--Latin America, and Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)--Commerce--History--19th century
Subject (Name):
Alert (Ship), Bringier, Marius Pons, Crescent (Ship), La Seine (Ship), Spring Bird (Ship), Tureaud, Augustin Dominique, b. 1764, Tureaud, Elizabeth Louise, b. 1788, and Wood, Trist
Includes a printed English transcript of the annotated clippings. and Manuscript memoir bound with string, in French, detailing Tureaud's employ as supercargo aboard the Alert, an American merchant vessel which departed Baltimore for the port of Vera Cruz in 1801 and his subsequent life in Louisiana. Narrative describes the Alert's interception and interrogation by a British privateer, the Spring Bird, and subsequent capture by a British ship, the Crescent. Tureaud was held on suspicion of smuggling goods for the benefit of France. Describes Tureaud's detention and examination in Port Royal by the English Admiralty Court; an accidental shooting, an outbreak of yellow fever, several encounters with other English vessels, and an attempted mutiny by the crew following the resumption of the Alert's voyage to Vera Cruz; the ship's inhospitable reception by the Spanish governor of Vera Cruz; and Tureaud's eventual settlement in New Orleans and introduction into New Orleans society. Details the arrangement of his marriage to Elizabeth Bringier and several other romantic attachments.
Description:
Augustin Dominique Tureaud, born October 23, 1764, in La Rochelle, France. He fled San Domingo after a slave revolt, and moved to Baltimore where he sought to make his fortune in maritime trade. After a failed commercial voyage to Vera Cruz in 1801, Tureaud settled in New Orleans, marrying fourteen-year-old Elizabeth (Betzy) Louise Bringier in 1803 to solidify a partnership with her father, Marius Pons Bringier. Tureaud later became a judge in Acadia County, Louisiana., Materials in French and English., and Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2003.
Subject (Geographic):
Latin America--Commerce--United States, New Orleans (La.)--Social life and customs--19th century, Port Royal (Jamaica)--Description and travel, United States--Commerce--Latin America, and Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)--Commerce--History--19th century
Subject (Name):
Alert (Ship), Bringier, Marius Pons, Crescent (Ship), La Seine (Ship), Spring Bird (Ship), Tureaud, Augustin Dominique, b. 1764, Tureaud, Elizabeth Louise, b. 1788, and Wood, Trist
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., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Pub by Willm. Holland No.50 Oxford Street
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, and Social life and customs
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
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from publisher's street address., Above image: Les Beaux Jours de la Vie ; No. 23., Published in Le Charivari, 11 September 1844., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Infectious Disease.
Publisher:
Chez Aubert & Cie. Pl. de la Bourse, 29 and Imp. d'Aubert & Cie
