Bernardo Bellotto, Rome: the Forum with the Temple of Castor and Pollux; and the Temple of Antoninus and Faustia in the Forum, inherited with Paxton estate and house by William Foreman Home from George Home
[accessed 06/09/2015]
Sold at Christie's London for 拢6.5MM 07/12/2006
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Collector?
Yes
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
