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Photo, Print, Drawing The Bahamas, 1865-1870 Lilla King, the Bahamas, 1865-1870 / Cited title: Watercolor album of views in the Bahamas

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About this Item

Title

  • The Bahamas, 1865-1870

Other Title

  • Lilla King, the Bahamas, 1865-1870
  • Cited title: Watercolor album of views in the Bahamas

Summary

  • Sketchbook of water colors and pencil drawings by Lilla Venables (neé King), wife of Addington Venables, Bishop of Nassau. Includes scenic views around Nassau, Bahamas including a church, St. John's Harbor, Harbor Island, the Bishop's House and other unidentified views. Includes 3 incompleted pencil sketches, one with human figures. Also includes water color of a pomegranate blossom and twig.

Names

  • Venables, Lilla, artist
  • Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1865-1870.

Headings

  • -  Bahamas--Pictorial works
  • -  Nassau (Bahamas)--Pictorial works
  • -  Bahamas--1860-1870
  • -  Nassau (Bahamas)--1860-1870

Genre

  • Watercolors--1860-1870
  • Drawings--1860-1870
  • Sketchbooks--1860-1870
  • Illustrated works

Notes

  • -  Title from label mounted on front cover.
  • -  Eleven of the water colors are mounted on sketchbook pages. Visible images 18 x 27 cm. or smaller.
  • -  LC internal records refer to title as: Watercolor album of views in the Bahamas.
  • -  Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation. Accompanying material laid in.
  • -  Kislak accession no.: 1993.022.00.0009

Medium

  • 1 album (16 watercolors, 3 pencil drawings) ; 19 x 28 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F1651 .V56 1865

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2006590671

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Venables, Lilla, Artist, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. The Bahamas, -1870. Nassau Bahamas, 1865. to 1870. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2006590671/.

APA citation style:

Venables, L. & Jay I. Kislak Collection. (1865) The Bahamas, -1870. Nassau Bahamas, 1865. to 1870. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2006590671/.

MLA citation style:

Venables, Lilla, Artist, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. The Bahamas, -1870. to 1870. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2006590671/>.