Continental School, early 19th century

A gorge in Jamaica

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Continental School, early 19th century
A gorge in Jamaica
indistinctly signed and dated 'Van L(?) 1817' (lower right)
watercolour heightened with scratching out on paper
14 x 10 7/8in. (35.6 x 27.7cm.)

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For similar Jamaican subjects and compositions see Hakewill's 'Waterfall on the Windward Road', plate 10 from his Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica (1820-21) and Joseph Bartholomew Kidd's 'The Windward Falls, near Kingston', plate 7 from his West India Scenery (1837-40).

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