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A view in the island of Jamaica, of the bridge crossing the River Cobre near Spanish Town – Vintage Print

A view in the island of Jamaica, of the bridge crossing the River Cobre near Spanish Town, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print
A view in the island of Jamaica, of the bridge crossing the River Cobre near Spanish Town, [no date recorded on shelflist card]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive 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 print captures A view in the island of Jamaica, of the bridge crossing the River Cobre near Spanish Town in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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A view in the island of Jamaica, of the bridge crossing the River Cobre near Spanish Town

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The subject is a stone bridge over the Rio Cobre near Spanish Town, a river that runs through the plain south of the old Jamaican capital. Spanish Town served as the seat of government on the island for much of the colonial period, so a crossing there carried traffic between the town and the surrounding plantation country. The record does not give a date for the print, and its attribution to Daniel Lerpiniere comes from a shelflist card that has not been fully verified. The view is worth a look for its record of the river crossing and the landscape around it.

Created / published[no date recorded on shelflist card]
Medium1 print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Lerpiniere, Daniel.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,203 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-115275

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