'Una and the Lion (Mary Hall in the Character of Una)', painting by Benjamin West 1771, now in the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford Connecticut. Mary Hall was also reportedly one of the two models for West's Fidelia and Speranza, now in the Timken Museum.
http://argus.wadsworthatheneum.org/Wadsworth_Atheneum_ArgusNet/Portal/public.aspx?lang=en-US
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Collector?
Yes
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Current Location
Hartford Connecticut
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Dispersal Date
30th Nov -0001
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Current Owner
Wadsworth Atheneum
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
