View of Basse Terre on the Island of Guadeloupe

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View of Basse Terre on the Island of Guadeloupe
View of Basse Terre on the Island of Guadeloupe
Artist/Maker (British, 1740 - 1821)
Date1789
MediumGraphite and watercolor on paper
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/16 × 14 3/4 in. (25.9 × 37.5 cm) Sheet: 10 7/16 × 14 7/8 in. (26.5 × 37.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1971.16a
Not on view
DescriptionShips in inlet waters with harbor and mountains in the distance
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Alternate Titles View of Basse Terre on the Island of Guadeloupe. taken on the Spot & Drawn by N: Pocock 1789
Exhibition History 2007
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Selections from the Permanent Collection: The Beinecke Collection," June 21-Sept. 16, 2007 (no catalog).
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), 332, catalogue no. P9a.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "(BC 3a)" at lower right in pencil.
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Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.3
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Medium: Graphite and watercolor on paper
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