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Sketches collected during leisure hours passed in Jamaica, containing specimens copied from the best authors and from nature

Drawing
1797-1807 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

1 of 1004 drawings on a wide range of subjects, encompassing academies, actions, anatomy, antiquities, architecture, armour & arms, armies, botany, conchology, costumes, designs, entomology, farming, flags, ichthyology, landscape, orinthology, osteology, physiognomy, portraits, ruins, ships, signals, statues, uniforms, views and zoology. Some copied from pre-existing sources, others drawn from life. Bound in five volumes.


Object details

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Object type
TitleSketches collected during leisure hours passed in Jamaica, containing specimens copied from the best authors and from nature (series title)
Materials and techniques
pen and ink, pencil, and watercolour
Brief description
Charles Hamilton Smith.'Sketches collected during leisure hours passed in Jamaica'. 1797-1807. One of 1,004 drawings collected in 5 volumes.
Physical description
1 of 1004 drawings on a wide range of subjects, encompassing academies, actions, anatomy, antiquities, architecture, armour & arms, armies, botany, conchology, costumes, designs, entomology, farming, flags, ichthyology, landscape, orinthology, osteology, physiognomy, portraits, ruins, ships, signals, statues, uniforms, views and zoology. Some copied from pre-existing sources, others drawn from life. Bound in five volumes.
Dimensions
  • Volume height: 37.4cm
  • Volume width: 26cm
  • Volume depth: 3.5cm
Collection
Accession number
D.376:179-1890

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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