6.2.12

And now for something completely different...

I've just finished a drawing of an old great house in Jamaica called Claremont House. For those of you who don't know I once, many years ago, trained in architectural drafting and rendering so every once in a while I like to flex the old drafting skills.


'Claremont House' was the great house for the Claremont Plantation in the parish of St Mary, Jamaica. It was Once owned by the Constantine family and later became a college run by the Society of Friends. 

It is said Claremont was once notorious for a tragic and often seen 'duppy', Jamaican work for ghost. Travelers who passed the house on their way to the near-by village of Claremont were said to observe a frantically waving female figure clad in white, appearing in great distress in one of the second story turret windows. As passers by watched she would be hauled back violently into the room and out of sight... until the next time. This female figure became locally known as 'the Lady in White' 

(If you'd like a copy I have them up in my shop)