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[Landscape with storm, Jamaica] – Antique Wall Art

[Landscape with storm, Jamaica], [between 1808 and 1816] — historic drawing
[Landscape with storm, Jamaica], [between 1808 and 1816]. Historic drawing from the Fine Art Prints collection.

(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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This rare historic drawing captures [Landscape with storm, Jamaica] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Few subjects in the Caribbean landscape were as dramatic as a storm breaking over the hills, and this watercolor makes that moment its center. It dates from between 1808 and 1816, when Jamaica was a British colony built on sugar and enslaved labor, and when European residents and visitors often recorded the island's scenery and weather. The Library of Congress holds it among its watercolor landscapes from 1800 to 1820, a group that shows how artists of the period treated tropical weather as both a dramatic spectacle and a subject for close observation.

Created / published[between 1808 and 1816]
Medium1 drawing : watercolor.
GenreWatercolors 1800-1820.Landscape drawings Color 1800-1820.
NotesTitle transcribed from finding aid. Descriptive details on bottom of drawing.
SubjectsStorms--Jamaica--1800-1820.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,441 × 1,176 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218817

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