[Old harbour market, Ponsie's Tavern, Jamaica] – Vintage Print
![[Old harbour market, Ponsie's Tavern, Jamaica], [between 1808 and 1816] — historic image](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/30/3027432ee3ee-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [Old harbour market, Ponsie's Tavern, Jamaica], preserved in this historic image. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Old harbour market, Ponsie's Tavern, Jamaica]
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The title places this scene at an old harbour, where a market and a tavern stood near a cluster of shade trees. Ponsie's Tavern points to the travelers and traders who passed through such waterfront towns in the early 1800s, when Jamaica was a British colony whose economy rested on sugar and enslaved labor. Markets like this one were busy places where people of many backgrounds bought, sold and talked, and visiting artists often recorded such details with a newcomer's eye. The watercolor is dated between 1808 and 1816, so it captures the island during the final years of the Napoleonic wars.
| Created / published | [between 1808 and 1816] |
|---|---|
| Genre | Watercolors 1800-1820. |
| Subjects | Markets--Jamaica--1800-1820. Trees--Jamaica--1800-1820. Hotels & taverns--Jamaica--1800-1820. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,444 × 1,163 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217091 |
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