ARTIST: Jospeh Kidd
MEDIUM: Lithograph handcolored,
DATE: c. 1838.
EDITION SIZE: Image Size 10 5/8 x 17 7/8" (27.1 x 45 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.
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CONDITION: Fair condition and color with scattered skinning on verso in the right hand margin. Professionally repaired tear in margin on upper left corner.
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