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A Visit to the West Indies—III (set of three sheets)


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Three sheets from the London periodical The Graphic with a series of illustrations depicting "The Manufacture of Sugar" in Cuba. Sheet 1 (July 8, 1876): Tree and Chapel of Christopher Columbus, Havana; The Manufacture of Sugar, I.—Cutting the Cane. Sheet 2 (July 15): Carting Home the Cane, Water Cart and Plantation Well, Putting Cane on Conductor, Grinding the Cane, Boiling and Testing the Juice, Night Patrol Going Round the Plantation. Sheet 3 (July 22): In the Purging House—Cutting and Crushing the Sugar; In the Boiler Room—Feeding the Fires with "Bagazo" (sugar-cane husks)
Item Number: RS2817
Cartographer: The Graphic
Place & Date: London / 1876
Size: 8 3/4" x 13 3/4" (each sheet)
Condition: b&w; light overall age toning
Price: SOLD