Sketches collected during leisure hours passed in Jamaica, containing specimens copied from the best authors and from nature
Drawing
1797-1807 (made)
1797-1807 (made)
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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.
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Title | Sketches 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. |
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Accession number | D.374:138-1890 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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