Views of the West Indies in 1835. Antigua in the Lesser Antilles. Aquatints after L. Stobwasser that were commissioned by the Moravian Church as a way of promoting their work on the island.

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Ansichten von Missions und erlassungen der evangelischen Brüdergemeinde. 1835. The wrapper being in German because the Moravian Church was founded in Germany with the captions of the aquatints being in French. However in 1835 Antigua was a British colony. Image © 2023 William Reese Company. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.williamreesecompany.com/pages/books/WRCAM32930/l-stobwasser/ansichten-von-missions-niederlassungen-der-evangelischen-bruder-gemeinde-vues-des
Vue de Cedarhall dans l’isle of Antigua aux Indes occidentales. A view of plantation life on the island. In the foreground a male worker sits beneath a tree smoking a pipe and speaks to a woman who balances a basket on her head. In the middle ground workers hoe a field and cattle graze. Two large homes are seen in the background, situated on rolling hills before larger mountains. 1835. Aquatint plate, an engraving after original work by L. Stobwasser. Image © 2023 William Reese Company. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.williamreesecompany.com/pages/books/WRCAM32930/l-stobwasser/ansichten-von-missions-niederlassungen-der-evangelischen-bruder-gemeinde-vues-des
Vue de Gracebay dans l’Isle de Antigua. dans l’Isle d’Antigoa aux Indes occidentales. Two plantation workers – a man carrying a hoe and a woman holding an infant – walk uphill as goats forage and romp nearby. Grace Bay and mountains are seen in the background. 1835. Aquatint plate, an engraving after original work by L. Stobwasser. Image © 2023 William Reese Company. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.williamreesecompany.com/pages/books/WRCAM32930/l-stobwasser/ansichten-von-missions-niederlassungen-der-evangelischen-bruder-gemeinde-vues-des
Vue de Gracehill dans l’Isle de Antigua  aux Indes occidentales. Landscape with a plantation house situated in the background. In the foreground a female field worker and her three children carry sticks and provisions past the well dressed plantation owners, who carry umbrellas and wear top hats. 1835. Aquatint plate, an engraving after original work by L. Stobwasser. Image © 2023 William Reese Company. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.williamreesecompany.com/pages/books/WRCAM32930/l-stobwasser/ansichten-von-missions-niederlassungen-der-evangelischen-bruder-gemeinde-vues-des
Vue de l’Establissement des Missions a Saint Johns dans l’Isle d’Antigon aux Indes occidentales. A group of seven Antiguans, young and old, male and female, sits around a large tree in the courtyard of the Moravian mission complex. Other islanders are seen walking into or past various buildings. 1835. Aquatint plate, an engraving after original work by L. Stobwasser. Image © 2023 William Reese Company. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.williamreesecompany.com/pages/books/WRCAM32930/l-stobwasser/ansichten-von-missions-niederlassungen-der-evangelischen-bruder-gemeinde-vues-des

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