picturing the British West Indies, 1700-1840 Kriz, Kay Dian 1945- creator Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art text bibliography ctu New Haven Yale University Press c2008 2008 monographic eng

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ix, 284 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. Introduction. Assessing the culture of refinement -- Curiosities, commodities and transplanted bodies in Hans Sloane's Voyage to ... Jamaica -- Marketing mulâtresses in Agostino Brunias's West Indian scenes -- The physiognomy and pathology of "black humor" : caricature and the West Indies on the eve of abolition -- Making a black folk : Belisario's Sketches of character -- Torrid zones and detoxified landscapes : picturing Jamaica, 1825-1840. Kay Dian Kriz. "Published for The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art." Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-273) and index. nw----- Social classes in art Blacks in art Slavery in art Art, British 18th century Art, British 19th century West Indies, British In art N8214.5.W38 K75 2008 709.086/2 9780300140620 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300140622 (cloth : alk. paper) 2008011986 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0813/2008011986.html http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=23632 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0813/2008011986.html http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=23632 DLC 080313 20170213105644.0 15218262