$850.00
Turner, Captain Henry A., Royal Artillery (British, active 1849-1853). Original Initialed (on verso) "H.A.T." Watercolour on two Joined Sheets, Dated & Titled: "Pilgrim. The Governor's Residence Barbados. Apl. 1852."
#MC24
1852
Watercolour ca. 18 x 26.5 cm (7 ½ x 10 ½ in). Recently matted. Watercolour overall in very good condition.
This attractive and skillfully executed pencil and watercolour view shows "Government House [which] is the official residence and office of the Governor-General of Barbados. It was built in the colonial days and was the residence of the Governor of Barbados. It later continued in the role of official residence and office of the Governor-General following political independence from the United Kingdom in 1966. Government House was once a Quaker Plantation, until it was purchased by the Imperial Government, when it acted as a replacement to The Bagatelle Great House in the Parish of St. Thomas"(Wikipedia).
Item #MC24
Price: $850.00
