Design consists of twenty-one individually-captioned panels arranged in three horizonal rows illustrating Johnny's arrival in Jamaica, his contracting Yellow Fever, his illness and temporary recovery, his brief participation in Jamaican society, his relapse and eventual death from the fever
Alternative Title:
Johnny Newcome in the island of Jamaica
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date altered on this impression from 1800 to 1803., Companion print to: Martial law in Jamaica., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill., and Date in imprint altered in ms. from "1800" to "1803."
Publisher:
Pubbished [sic] by Willm. Holland, No. 50, Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Jamaica
Subject (Topic):
Social conditions, Black people, Bedrooms, Cemeteries, Clergy, Coffins, Couples, Death, Interiors, Physicians, Vomiting, Yellow fever, and Hunting
Title etched below image., Date from item., Printmaker's name supplied by curator., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Inscription below and within image: Sore Throat ; Yellow Fever : Dry Gripes., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Pub by Willm. Holland No.50 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Grim Reaper (Symbolic character)., Yellow fever, Tropical medicine, Heat, Zodiac, Diseases, Scythes, Scorpions, Hourglasses, Smoking, Fans (Accessories)., Parasols, Newspapers, Colonies, and Social life and customs
Title from text above and below image., Caption below image in lower left: Sore throat., Caption below image in lower right: Dry gripe[sus?]., Description based on imperfect impression; final digit of year in imprint has been erased from sheet and a "3" written in its place., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: Sofa -- Hell -- Sun -- Sickle -- Zodiac signs: Crab -- Lion., and Print caption in lower right of sheet has been slightly altered in ms.
Publisher:
Pub. by Willm. Holland, No. 50, Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Jamaica and Jamaica.
Subject (Topic):
Social conditions, Opium abuse, Yellow fever, Diseases, Devil, Drug abuse, Hourglasses, Skeletons, and Umbrellas
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from publisher's street address., Above image: Les Beaux Jours de la Vie ; No. 23., Published in Le Charivari, 11 September 1844., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Infectious Disease.
Publisher:
Chez Aubert & Cie. Pl. de la Bourse, 29 and Imp. d'Aubert & Cie
