The Rabacca or Dry River, Soufriere Mountain in the Distance. St. Vincent, from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"

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The Rabacca or Dry River, Soufriere Mountain in the Distance. St. Vincent, from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"
The Rabacca or Dry River, Soufriere Mountain in the Distance. St. Vincent, from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"
Artist/Maker (Canadian, 1801 - 1883)
Engraver (British, 1781 - 1850)
Publisher (British)
Datepublished February 1, 1837
MediumHand-colored aquatint on paper
DimensionsComposition: 7 7/16 × 10 7/8 in. (18.9 × 27.6 cm) Plate: 10 3/16 × 13 1/8 in. (25.9 × 33.3 cm) Sheet: 12 5/8 in. × 16 in. (32.1 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1971.39.9
Not on view
DescriptionDry river with wooden bridge and mountains in the distance.

Additional Details

Exhibition History 1984
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Gallery III, Hamilton College). "Beinecke Collection," July 10 - September 5, 1984.
Published References Hough, Samuel J. and Penelope R.O. Hough, THE BEINECKE LESSER ANTILLES COLLECTION AT HAMILTON COLLEGE: A CATOLOGUE OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PRINTS, MAPS, AND DRAWINGS (Trustees of Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, 1994), 337, catalogue no.P43i.
Signature Signed in type lower left: Drawn by Lieut. Caddy. Roy. Artilly.; in type at lower center: London. Published. Feby. 1st, 1837, by Ackerman & Co. 96 strand; in type at lower right: Engraved by W. Westall A.R.A
Inscribed Entitled in type at lower center: THE RABACCA OR DRY RIVER, / SOUFRIERE MOUNTAIN IN THE DISTANCE. / St. Vincent.
The Old Crater of The Soufriere, St. Vincent, from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: published February 1, 1837
Medium: Hand-colored aquatint on paper
Object number: 1971.39.7
The Pitons or Sugar Loaves, St. Lucia, from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: published February 1, 1837
Medium: Hand-colored aquatint on paper
Object number: 1971.39.8
Basaltic Rocks, in Washilabou or Cumberland Valley, St. Vincent from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: published February 1, 1837
Medium: Hand-colored aquatint on paper
Object number: 1971.39.1
The Town of Castries, St. Lucia, from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: published February 1, 1837
Medium: Hand-colored aquatint on paper
Object number: 1971.39.10
Kingstown, St. Vincents (from Cane-Garden Point), from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: published February 1, 1837
Medium: Hand-colored aquatint on paper
Object number: 1971.39.3
Fort Charlotte, St. Vincent's from Kingston, from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: published February 1, 1837
Medium: Hand-colored aquatint on paper
Object number: 1971.39.11
Pigeon Island, & Village of Gros Islet, St. Lucia, from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: published February 1, 1837
Medium: Hand-colored aquatint on paper
Object number: 1971.39.4
Roseau, Dominica, from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: published February 1, 1837
Medium: Hand-colored aquatint on paper
Object number: 1971.39.5
Brimstone Hill, St. Kitts, from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: published February 1, 1837
Medium: Aquatint with hand-coloring
Object number: 1971.39.2
Sandy Point, St. Kitts, from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: published February 1, 1837
Medium: Hand-colored aquatint on paper
Object number: 1971.39.6
Photograph by John Bentham.
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: 1845
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.3