Hakewill, James. A picturesque tour of the island of Jamaica from drawings made in the years 1820 and 1821, by James Hakewill. London: Hurst and Robinson, 1825.
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James Hakewill spent two years in Jamaica, and upon his return to London published A Picturesque Tour... (1825) with illustrations of the architecture and slavery conditions of Jamaica. His illustrations depict beautiful landscapes and architecture, and the pro-plantation propaganda of idyllic images of complacent slaves.
The Iron Bridge was part of a road connecting Spanish Town to Kingston, Jamaica and was built in 1801 for four thousand pounds. The house under the arch belongs to Angus Kennedy, Esq., Provost Marshal, who is possibly the same merchant cited in ship captain Samuel Gamble’s journal, A Slaving Voyage to Africa and Jamaica: The Log of the Sandown, 1793-1794.
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The Iron Bridge was part of a road connecting Spanish Town to Kingston, Jamaica and was built in 1801 for four thousand pounds. The house under the arch belongs to Angus Kennedy, Esq., Provost Marshal, who is possibly the same merchant cited in ship captain Samuel Gamble’s journal, A Slaving Voyage to Africa and Jamaica: The Log of the Sandown, 1793-1794.
Click to access the catalog record of this book.