Lauren,
 
I made fairly extensive use of paintings and photographs, from 1796
to ca. 1910, in interpreting my excavation at the port of Rocketts.
I gave an SHA paper called "telling Stories About Rocketts" several
years ago that presented my "readings" of some of the visual material
against the art. A version of this is a chapter in my forthcoming
tome for Plenum. If you like, I can send you a copy of this chapter
and/or the technical report onn Rocketts (which is three brick-thick
volumes), or at least som excerpts from my presentation of the visual
materials. Let me know. Glad you made it home.
 
Dan Mouer