Sketches of character : in illustration of the habits, occupation, and costume of the Negro population, in the island of Jamaica / drawn after nature, and in lithography, by I.M. Belisario.
Published / Created:
Kingston, Jamaica : Published by the artist, at his residence, no. 21 King-Street ..., 1837[-1838]
Physical Description:
[20] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:4515511
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 685.
Contents:
Queen or "Maam" of the set-girls -- Red set-girls, and Jack-in-the-green -- Jaw-bone, or House John-Canoe -- Band of the Jaw-Bone John-Canoe -- Koo, Koo, or Actor-boy -- Koo, Koo, or Actor-boy -- French set-girls -- Lovey -- Water-jar sellers -- Milkwoman -- Chimneysweeper -- Creole negroes.
Exhibition History:
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
Subject Terms:
Costume -- Jamaica -- History -- Pictorial works. | Black people -- Jamaica. | Masquerades -- Jamaica. | Jonkonnu (Festival) | Jamaica -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works. | Jamaica -- In art.