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TitleBelle Isle House, Jamaica

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1820

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor

LocationPrivate collection

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsArchitecture--JamaicaInterior architecture in artWatercolor painting--19th century

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7. The Jamaican Creole House

Louis P. Nelson

Architecture and Empire in Jamaica

~Nestled in the dramatic hill country of St. Ann Parish, Mount Plenty is a remarkable survival (fig. 7.1). Built sometime in the third quarter of the eighteenth...

Author

Louis P. Nelson

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.187-217

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00257.008

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-21447&redirecttoanchor=67455

Chapter subject tags:Architecture, British colonialCreolesArchitecture--Jamaica--18th centuryDomestic architecture--Jamaica--18th centuryArchitecture--Caribbean Area--18th centuryDomestic architecture--Caribbean Area--18th centurySugar plantations--Caribbean Area--HistorySugar plantations--Jamaica--HistoryCooking, Caribbean--18th centuryBalls (Parties)--Caribbean AreaArchitecture and climate--Caribbean Area

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