Work on paper in watercolor and ink dated 1785. Shell of church in center: pink with shite interior, columns around exterior. Two men and horse stand near church. Handwritten note identifies building as ruins of the Sheldon Church, burned by British soldiers in 1781.
Work on paper in watercolor and ink. Ruins of Wolstrop Church with river, mountains, and castle in background. Handwritten note identifies site as Wolstrop Church near Belvoir Castle.
Work on paper in watercolor and ink. White horse with rider wearing a hat and yellow knee breeches, holding riding crop. Handwritten note titles painting "D'après Nature."
Plowden Weston's Plantation Journal is part of the Weston family papers collection. Plowden Weston came to the colony of South Carolina from Warwickshire, England in 1757, and he bought Laurel Hill Plantation and adjoining lands in 1775. This journal contains lists of items shipped to Waccamaw Plantations (Wandow, Laurel Hill, Holly Hill, Waccamaw) and accounts of crops (rice, cotton) transported and sold in various Lowcountry area wharves, 1802-1820. Items shipped to plantations include tools, textiles, seeds, sundries, medicines, etc. Journal includes other ephemera such as correspondences, bank deposits, financial accounts, formulas, instructions. Items distributed to enslaved people often appear with lists of their names.
Work on paper in watercolor and ink. Pink church surrounded by trees in center. Large trees stand to left and right of church, line of trees in background. Lower portion of white building with brown door partially visible to right of church in background. Two wood gates in left foreground with dirt path leading to church in center foreground. Handwritten note below image identifies building as a church in St. Bartholomew's Parish, burned down by British soldiers and rebuilt after Revolutionary War.
Work on paper in watercolor and ink dated 1796. Large, white Georgian style two story house is fronted by a clear blue stream. In this frontal view, the symmetrical house has two chimneys and four windows on each floor. First floor has elaborate double door while immediately above it on second floor, there is an elaborate window. House is sided by a less ornate taupe building to its left, half hidden by a grove of trees. To the main house's right, a smaller brick support building stands behind an impressive brick and iron gate. Horse-drawn carriage is found waiting outside of the gate. Water visible in background to right of smaller building. Grass visible in foreground, between viewer, water, and house.
Work on paper in watercolor. Landscape with body of water in foreground leading to left side of image, trees and red building in center. Trees on either side of building and a forested area in background. Handwritten note identifies building as Pompion Hill Chapel.
Work on paper in watercolor. Winding dirt trail begins in right foreground and leads to body of water near center. Trees on right side of image and small house on left. River and tree line in background. Handwritten note identifies scene as Mepkin Plantation.
Work on paper in watercolor and ink dated 1798. Red church with white details in center and trees in background. Handwritten note identifies building as St. James' Church in Goose Creek.
Work on paper in watercolor. Large yellow house partially hidden behind two trees. Field in foreground. Handwritten note identifies scene as Mepkin Plantation.
Work on paper in watercolor. Landscape with trees on left in foreground, figures on a boat and marshy area in background. Trees line background with blue sky and pink on horizon. Handwritten note identifies site as Sheldon, SC.
Work on paper in watercolor and ink. Top: irregularly shaped rock with water and towering church in background. Bottom: mouth of cave with water in background. Handwritten notes identify sites depicted in paintings.
Work on paper in ink and wash. Black and sepia; bare tree in left foreground with branches growing toward right; hills to right; dark clouds and water in background.
Work on paper in watercolor. Two-story white house with red roof within large fenced area in center. Trees line background, and a woman and man stand before water in foreground.
Work on paper in watercolor. Man sitting under large tree and another man on horse in foreground. Castle and hills in background. Handwritten note identifies the Castle as Lea Castle in Ireland, and the tree as a chestnut tree that is nine yards in circumference.
Work on paper in watercolor and ink dated 1799. White house with pointed roof on a hill in center. Man on horse in left foreground with trees in background. Handwritten note identifies building as meeting house near Jacksonborough.
Work on paper in ink and wash. Young man among landscape before tree with right hand upraised, torn clothes, and hair blowing in wind. Handwritten note identifies man as Octavian
Work on paper in watercolor and ink. Tree with long trunk in center; building with high, pointed gray roof in left background. Handwritten note identifies building as a meeting house.
Work on paper in watercolor. View of distant fields, sheep, and shepherds in foreground. Hills and pond to right and center left. Rice fields in background.
