Title
A VIEW IN THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA, : of the Spring-head of Roaring River on the Estate of William Beckford Esq.r; To whom this Plate is Dedicated by his most Obliged Servant JOHN BOYDELL. / Drawn on the Spot & painted by George Robertson ; John Boydell excudit 1778 ; Engraved by James Mason.
Creator
Mason, James, 1710-1783, printmaker.
Publication details
[London] : Published March 25th. 1778 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London, [March 25 1778]
Physical details
1 print : engraving and etching ; platemark 39.8 x 55.5 cm (trimmed below platemark at upper edge), on sheet 40.8 x 57 cm.
Description
A semi-clad male figure kneeling in the foreground offers some fruits to a well-dressed barefoot enslaved woman standing by his side on a road by a stream, with herdsman and cows walking towards them behind and forests in the background. Title contains the coat of arms of William Beckford.
Place
Westmoreland (Jamaica)
Additional information
After a painting now in the Collection of Wallace Campbell, first exhibited at the Society of Artists in 1775.
Other persons
Robertson, George, 1747 or 1748-1788, artist.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.123.54.e.