English Harbor, Antigua, West Indies

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Mitchell, Carleton
Antigua and Barbuda, Antigua, English Harbour (Antigua and Barbuda)
March 1947
2.25 x 2.25 x 0

Safety negative by Carleton Mitchell, photographed March 1947; cement block square with large ship's anchor and ring English Harbour, Antigua (West Indies); island tradition states that the anchor's flukes mark the area where Lt. Charles Peterson of the HMN PERDRIX was killed in a duel with Lt. Thomas Pitt of the HMN FAVORITE on January 13, 1798; for similar views see 1996.31.1763-1765; for English Harbour and Antigua views see 1996.31.1737-1771, 1783-1805; handwritten on original envelope neg.no. '1845', corresponds to original Mitchell contact; REF: 'Islands to Windward' (1948).

1996.31.1764