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VIEWS OF JAMAICA IN THE 1860's
by
INGER MARIA BURTON
(1828-1897)
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Inger Maria Burton was the daughter of the Rev. George Davenport Whitehead of Burton by Lincoln and incumbent of Saxilby, Lincolnshire. In 1859 she married Henry Augustus Burton (1832-1892)an Ensign in the 14th Regiment of Foot. She accompanied his various Service Tours of Duty to the Ionian Islands (1858-60); the West Indies (1860-64) and the East Indies (1880-82). He served in the Afghan Campaign in 1880 and in the Kama Expedition of the same year. On all of these trips she made watercolours of the scenery she encountered.
This group of twenty-two drawings dated from 1860 – 1862, were made during their posting to Jamaica 1860 – 1864. Newcastle, now maintained as a Jamaica Defence Forces camp is situated in the St. Andrew Hills at 4000 feet above sea level. It was established in 1841 at the request of Major General Sir W. Gomm. Barracks were built in the Port Royal Mountains, as many of the British troops who were stationed on the plains were dying from tropical diseases.
The locations and dates are taken from the artist's inscriptions on the back of each drawing.
Provenance
By descent in the family of the artist’s cousins, the Severn family of Penybont Hall, Radnorshire
Listed chronologically by artist.
