Isaac Mendes Belisario
Sketches Of Character, In Illustration Of The Habits, Occupation, And Costume Of The Negro Population In The Island Of Jamaica
Found at
Christies,
London (Online Auction)
Topographical Pictures, including China Trade Paintings. ARCTIC · AMERICAS · AFRICA · ASIA · AUSTRALASIA · ANTARCTICA, Lot 14
5. Nov - 5. Nov 2020
Topographical Pictures, including China Trade Paintings. ARCTIC · AMERICAS · AFRICA · ASIA · AUSTRALASIA · ANTARCTICA, Lot 14
5. Nov - 5. Nov 2020
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 40.000 GBP
Price realised: 40.000 GBP
Description
eleven handcoloured lithographs from the set of twelve, printed by A. Duperly and published Kingston, Jamaica, 1837-1838
(Abbey, Travel, 2, 685)
14 3⁄4 x 10in. (37.5 x 25.4cm.) and similar
The plates (without letterpress) comprise: 'Queen of "Maam" of the Set-Girls'; 'Red Set-Girls, and Jack-in-the Green'; 'Jaw-Bone, or House John-Canoe'; 'Band of the Jaw-Bone John-Canoe'; 'Koo, Koo, Or Actor-Boy'; 'Koo, Koo, Or Actor-Boy'; 'French Set-Girls'; 'Lovey'; 'Water-Jar Sellers'; 'Milkwoman'; and 'Chimneysweeper'.
The first with printed inscription 'drawn after naturure' corrected in manuscript with the printed 'ure' crossed out and manuscript 'e' added above.
... faithful delineations of a people, whose habits, manners, and costume, bear the stamp of originality, and in which changes are being daily effected by the rapid strides of civilization; ...
'The series has had an important legacy. Belisario’s images were models for the revival of Jonkonnu in the 1950s, and they also played a role in the creation of a new national identity in the post-independence era.' (National Gallery of Jamaica)
Eleven of the twelve plates, missing the last plate of part 3, 'Creole Negroes', the ethnological plate which differs in subject from the previous illustrations of Belisario's 'Christmas Amusements' and 'Cries of Kingston'.
(Abbey, Travel, 2, 685)
14 3⁄4 x 10in. (37.5 x 25.4cm.) and similar
The plates (without letterpress) comprise: 'Queen of "Maam" of the Set-Girls'; 'Red Set-Girls, and Jack-in-the Green'; 'Jaw-Bone, or House John-Canoe'; 'Band of the Jaw-Bone John-Canoe'; 'Koo, Koo, Or Actor-Boy'; 'Koo, Koo, Or Actor-Boy'; 'French Set-Girls'; 'Lovey'; 'Water-Jar Sellers'; 'Milkwoman'; and 'Chimneysweeper'.
The first with printed inscription 'drawn after naturure' corrected in manuscript with the printed 'ure' crossed out and manuscript 'e' added above.
... faithful delineations of a people, whose habits, manners, and costume, bear the stamp of originality, and in which changes are being daily effected by the rapid strides of civilization; ...
'The series has had an important legacy. Belisario’s images were models for the revival of Jonkonnu in the 1950s, and they also played a role in the creation of a new national identity in the post-independence era.' (National Gallery of Jamaica)
Eleven of the twelve plates, missing the last plate of part 3, 'Creole Negroes', the ethnological plate which differs in subject from the previous illustrations of Belisario's 'Christmas Amusements' and 'Cries of Kingston'.
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