William Berryman
Illustration — Plantain Walk by William Berryman, watercolour, ink, and pencil William Berryman was an English artist who was active in Jamaica during the period 1808–1816. He produced over three hundred pencil sketches and watercolours of the Jamaican landscape and the daily lives of the island's people. His work demonstrates particular interest in the lives of the island's majority inhabitants: enslaved people of African and mixed descent.
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William Berryman
![Alexr. McRaes from 4 P[aths] Abstract/medium: 1 drawing: watercolor.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Alexr._McRaes_from_4_P%28aths%29_LCCN2006685072.jpg/1280px-Alexr._McRaes_from_4_P%28aths%29_LCCN2006685072.jpg)
Berryman, William, artist · Library of Congress Catalog: https: Image download: https: Original url · Public domain
- Born
- 1701
- Died
- 1816
- Nationality
- England
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — Plantain Walk by William Berryman, watercolour, ink, and pencil William Berryman was an English artist who was active in Jamaica during the period 1808–1816. He produced over three hundred pencil sketches and watercolours of the Jamaican landscape and the daily lives of the island's people. His work demonstrates particular interest in the lives of the island's majority inhabitants: enslaved people of African and mixed descent.
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Born in 1701, died in 1816.
The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are Jamaica and London. Residence is recorded at Jamaica. Work by William Berryman is recorded in the collections of Library of Congress.
![About 2 miles W. of S[panish] T[own], Jam[ai]ca, Blue and Liguanea M[ou]nt[ain]s Abstract/medium: 1 drawing: watercolor.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/About_2_miles_W._of_S%28panish%29_T%28own%29%2C_Jam%28ai%29ca%2C_Blue_and_Liguanea_M%28ou%29nt%28ain%29s_LCCN2006685073.jpg/800px-About_2_miles_W._of_S%28panish%29_T%28own%29%2C_Jam%28ai%29ca%2C_Blue_and_Liguanea_M%28ou%29nt%28ain%29s_LCCN2006685073.jpg)
About 2 miles W. of S[panish] T[own], Jam[ai]ca, Blue and Liguanea M[ou]nt[ain]s Abstract/medium: 1 drawing: watercolor.
Berryman, William, artist · Library of Congress Catalog: https: Image download: https: Original url
At Lindos gate, looking to Kingston Abstract/medium: 1 drawing: watercolor, ink, and graphite.
Berryman, William, artist · Library of Congress Catalog: https: Image download: https: Original url
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- 1.Reilly, Bernard. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs: An Illustrated Guide. Library of Congress. 1995.
- 2.Graves, Algernon. The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and their Work from its Foundation in 1769 to 1904. Henry Graves and Co. I. 186. 1905.
- 3.Plantain Walk – Bookkeeper – Watchman and Hut – man with casks of water / greattoe in stirrup. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Online Catalog.
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