Description
Pen and ink drawing, c.52x62cm, framed and glazed, dedicated To William Lockhart administrator of San Jacinto 1876-1882, depicting 11 vignettes relating to this sugar plantation in the vicinity of Samanco, Peru, including 'Samanco Pier', the 'Casa de Pailas' and a sketch labelled 'This is a mango tree'; [and] 15 letters dated between 1887 and 1895, sent from Samanco, to an address in Dunoon, Scotland, mostly from William Lockhart to his brother, Robert Lockhart, relating to the sugar plantation, Peruvian politics, and general family matters
Footnote
Note: One letter, sent in October 1894, reads: Lately we are in one of those revolutions which seem normal[?] to all South American Republics or where there is a mixture of races - probably referring to Nicolás de Piérola ousting Andrés Avelino Cáceres as president, following the War of the Pacific. A letter sent in February 1895, shortly before William Lockhart's death, reads: ...what with the revolution and how prices of sugar since the beginning of July[?] I have been able to ship 300 tons [of sugar]...
On a lighter note, another letter dated 1887 makes a joke about the experiences of Victorian British ex-pats in South America: ...Mr Caldwell has gone to Buenos Aires to inprove his morals a most excellent place for that purpose, whisky is cheap and ladies abundant in all colours style and fashion...