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Plantation in Saint Croix (Virgin Islands), the West Indies, ca 1850, painting by Fritz Melbye.
Plantation in Saint Croix (Virgin Islands), the West Indies, ca 1850, painting by Fritz Melbye.

Paintings by Frederik Carl Emil von Scholten, (Danish, 1786–1873), of St. Croix and other Danish Virgin Islands in the 1830s and later.

 Udsigten over Butler's Bay på St. Croix.

Akvarel af Frederik Von Scholten.

Annaly Plantage paa Oen Ste. Croix, tilhorende

Kammerherre Roger O Ferrall

Medium: watercolor

 

Farvelagt af Frederik von Scholten – Christiansted på Skt. M Croix, set fra Bülowsminde, januar 1834. Udsigt ud over byen med skibe i havnen, slaver der overvåges af en vagt på hest og øverst to herrer, der beskuer det hele.

 

 

Susannaberg, Adrian and Catherineberg, 1838. Watercolor by Frederik von Scholten documents the extent of cultivation on St. John’s most fertile area several decates after sugar production peaked.” St. John Backtime: Eyewitness Accounts from 1718 to 1956. Compiled by Ruth Hull Low &

Rafael Valls. Eden Hill Press, St. John, 1985, p 40-41.

 

 

The plantations Montpellier and Two Friends. St. Croix,

Danish West Indies, date 1846
Source http://www.virgin-islands-history.org/politiretsprotokoller-slaverettigheder-og-kristne-normer/
Author Frederik von Scholten

 

 

Being worked on!

.... and a much more recent view in St Croix.

The Danish heritage of St. Croix is especially visible at Whim Plantation, the oldest sugar plantation museum in the Virgin Islands. Along with a great house which is open for tours, the 12-acre grounds of the museum include this historic windmill.

The Danish heritage of St. Croix is especially visible at Whim Plantation, the oldest sugar plantation museum in the Virgin Islands. Along with a great house which is open for tours, the 12-acre grounds of the museum include this historic windmill.