Wild cassia near Bridge Tavn(?), west of Sp[anish] T[own]--February 8, 1815 – Vintage Print
![Wild cassia near Bridge Tavn(?), west of Sp[anish] T[own]--February 8, 1815, 1815 — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/65/65b527a701a9-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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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of Wild cassia near Bridge Tavn(?), west of Sp[anish] T[own]--February 8, 1815. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Wild cassia near Bridge Tavn(?), west of Sp[anish] T[own]--February 8, 1815
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Dated February 8, 1815, this watercolor shows a cassia tree growing west of Spanish Town, the former seat of colonial government in Jamaica. The inscription places it near a site recorded as Bridge Tavern, a roadside stop that suggests travelers and carts once passed the spot regularly. Wild cassia, a tree with showy yellow blossoms and long dark pods, was a familiar part of the island's lowland landscape, and artists working in Jamaica in the early 1800s often drew such plants with close attention to their form. The exact date and place make the sheet a useful record of how the island's roadside vegetation was observed at that time.
| Created / published | 1815 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : watercolor. |
| Genre | Watercolors 1800-1820.Drawings Color 1800-1820. |
| Subjects | Trees--Jamaica--1800-1820. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,421 × 1,152 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218824 |
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