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Parade and Upper Part of Kingston from the Church. The, : Looking Towards the Port Royal Mountains. : Plate, 8.

  • ARTIST: Jospeh Kidd

  • MEDIUM: Lithograph handcolored,

    DATE: 1838.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 11 5/8 x 22 1/8" (29.6 x 56.4 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: From Nature & on Stone, by J.B. Kidd S.A. W. Clerk, Lithog 202 Highl Holborn, London. Issued in part 2. Joseph Bartholomew Kidd crafted a series of folio sized lithographs views of the West Indies comprising of Picturesque Scenery, Estates and Principal Towns and other such imagery of Jamaica. The fifty loose folio views are a part of his “West Indian Scenery Illustrations” collection created in the mid 1800’s and published by Smith, Elder & Co. in London and James Wallace & Co. in Kingston. The series is extremely rare and was created during his apprenticeship.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Fair condition and color with minor skinning on verso.

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