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A Grand Jamaica Ball! Or The Creolean Hop A La Muftee; As Exhibeted In Spanish Town

A Grand Jamaica Ball! Or The Creolean Hop A La Muftee; As Exhibeted In Spanish Town

Shared By: claudia 12-24-2009

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TITLE:  A Grand Jamaica ball! or the Creolean hop a la muftee; as exhibeted in Spanish Town CALL NUMBER:  PC 3 - 1802--Grand Jamaica ball ... (B size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-DIG-ppmsca-07200 (digital file from original print)LC-USZC4-2896 (color film copy transparency) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Print shows British transplants dancing and being served by Jamaicans at a ball in Spanish Town, Jamaica. Includes six lines of verse warning women against loose living. MEDIUM:  1 print : etching and aquatint, hand-colored. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  London : Published by William Holland No. 50 Oxford Street, 1802. CREATOR: Holland, William, fl. 1782-1817, publisher. NOTES: Title from item. "Graciously dedicated to the Honble. Mrs. R-n- Custodi morum &c &c. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). SUBJECTS: Women--Social life--Jamaica--Spanish Town--1800-1810. British--Social life--Jamaica--Spanish Town--1800-1810. Ballroom dancing--Jamaica--Spanish Town--1800-1810. Balls (Parties)--Jamaica--Spanish Town--1800-1810. Ballrooms--Jamaica--Spanish Town--1800-1810. Jamaicans--1800-1810. FORMAT: Satires (Visual works) British 1800-1810.Intaglio prints Hand-colored 1800-1810. PART OF:  British Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress) REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from original print) ppmsca 07200 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.07200 (digital file from color film copy transparency) cph 3g02896 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g02896 CONTROL #:  94501549