A view of Inveraid Estate Princes Bay Tobago West Indies. March 28th. 1802

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Artist/Maker John Gardnor (British, 1729 - 1808)

DateMarch 28, 1802

MediumWatercolor on paper

DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 6 5/16 × 8 1/8 in. (16 × 20.6 cm)

Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College

Object number1971.7

Not on view

DescriptionJames Campbell's brother, Duncan Campbell, seems to have been the original purchaser of Queens Bay division (St Paul parish) Lots nos. 6-8 on March 19, 1767, which together with Lot 9 became the Argyle estate. By 1773 the owner of all 4 Lots was shown as James Campbell. Having been a member of the Grenada Council since 1775 and of the Tobago Assembly throughout the 1760s and the 1770s, James wielded considerable political influence. He held estates in Grenada, Tobago, Dominica, and St. Vincent, and served in the assemblies of Grenada and Tobago for much of the 1760s and 1770s, and later in the Councils of both colonies (Scots Magazine 59 (1797): 78.). He died at Argyle, Tobago in 1805 (SOURCE: University College London, Legacies of British Slave-ownership database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146632335, accessed 3/20/19). See also 1971.6.

Collections

Beinecke Collection of the Lesser Antilles

Additional Details

Published References Hough, Samuel J. and Penelope R.O. Hough, THE BEINECKE LESSER ANTILLES COLLECTION AT HAMILTON COLLEGE: A CATOLOGUE OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PRINTS, MAPS, AND DRAWINGS (Trustees of Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, 1994), 333, catalogue no.P19a.

Signature Signed with watercolor at lower right: John Gardnor

Inscribed Inscribed with watercolor along lower edge of composition: A view of Inveraid Estate Princes Bay Tobago West Indies. March 28th. 1802