A depiction of jamaica in the early 1800s. Illustration for the family sepulchre: a tale of jamaica by mrs. Henry (theodora elizabeth) lynch (london: seelys, 1848). The drawing is by abraham cooper (signature in the lower left corner); the engraver's signature is in the lower right corner. The illustration is for one of a series of stories intended for the religious instruction of the young. Here, by the family sepulchre, alice shetland is mourning her brother who died without religion and salvation. "just as mr. Heath commenced the solemn service with those sublime and beautiful words, 'i am the resurrection and the life,' what was our surprise to see the sorrow-stricken alice, partly concealed by the shade of a large mango-tree, sitting close to the iron gate, now opened to receive its new inhabitant!. There she sat without any bonnet, the wind playing with her golden curls, her cheeks sunken and pale. Despair is almost too mild a word to give you any idea of the agony impressed on her fair face, and that literally shook her slight frame. ". Date: 1848.
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