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- Title:
A View in the Island of Jamaica, of Roaring River Estate, belonging to William Beckford Esq.r near Savannah la Marr
- Date:
- 1778
- Medium:
- Line engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 18 1/2 x 22 1/4in. (47 x 56.5cm), Plate: 15 3/4 x 21 1/2in. (40 x 54.6cm), Image: 13 3/4 x 20 1/2in. (34.9 x 52.1cm), Frame: 23 1/4 × 29 1/4 × 1 1/8 inches (59.1 × 74.3 × 2.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered within plate, lower left: "Drawn on the Spot & Painted by George Robertson."; below: "No,, 2."; lower center: "John Boydell excudit 1778."; below: "A VIEW IN THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA, | of Roaring River Estate, belonging to William Beckford Esq.r near Savannah la Marr | To whom this Plate is Dedicated by his moft Obliged Servant, JOHN BOYDELL | Published March 25th,, 1778 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London."; lower right: "Engraved by Thomas Vivares."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.1519
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:54109
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