Descriptive Information

Title

Drawings of buildings and landscapes for Down the islands [1882-1886]

Call Number

D West 42/GC093/Box 03/Normal GA 2024.04146

Identifier

ark:/88435/dch989rg83c

Language

English

Date Created

[1882-1886]

Extent

16 drawings : pen and ink ; 28 x 36 cm or smaller

Rights Statement

Copyright Not Evaluated

Contents

[Mat 1] Street Scenes, page 41 (+ a pencil sketch).

[Mat 2] Getting his Bearings, page 11; and Sail Rock, page 281.

[Mat 3] The Beach at Basseterre, page 44.

[Mat 4] An Old Gateway, page 47.

[Mat 5] A Relic of the Good Old Times, page 49.

[Mat 6] Common Garden-lizard, page 64.

[Mat 7] Park in Barbados, page 161.

[Mat 8] A Medical Recipe, page 165.

[Mat 9] Leaves of "Victoria Regia," page 181.

[Mat 10] Initial I [man reaching up to window ledge, boosted on another’s back], page 205.

[Mat 11] Return from Soufrière, page 266.

[Mat 12] A Planter’s House, page 268.

[Mat 13] Scramble for a Copper, page 275.

[Mat 14] Church where Nelson is alleged to have been married, page 289; and Birthplace of the Empress Josephine, page 132.

Notes

Medium: Pen and ink drawing

Mat 1 houses 2 objects: 1 ink drawing and 1 pencil sketch. The ink drawing is part of this set of 16, but the pencil sketch, Sketch for ‘Grenada,’ is cataloged separately.

The 16 drawings are mounted in 14 mats 51 x 41 cm.

Titles of drawings taken from the book's "list of illustrations."

Some drawings signed: "Burns 86."

Discovery Information

Subject

Burns, Milton J. 1853-1933

Illustration of books—United States—19th century

Buildings—Antilles, Lesser

Buildings—West Indies

Landscapes—Antilles, Lesser

Landscapes—West Indies

pen and ink drawings

Physical Characteristics

File Count

14

Institutional Information

Collection

Omega Project

Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection

IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/614bc1d3-e4d7-45a7-9d7f-9504cac88b41/manifest

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