William Berryman - Negro wench dancing, Maverly, in white muslin

Drawing shows a woman dancing with sketches of women playing the fiddle above and below her; the top fiddle player's clothing is numbered. On verso are two sketches of a fiddler, at top with a jug on a table, and at bottom with a pot on the table; includes inscription "A St. Domingo negro fidler [sic] at Maverly" with key for coloring the numbered clothing.

Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

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