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Artist/Maker
William H. Beard
(American, 1824 - 1900)
Date1878
MediumOil on canvas, mounted on masonite
DimensionsCanvas: 20 × 17 1/2 in. (50.8 × 44.5 cm)
Frame: 25 1/4 × 23 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (64.1 × 59.1 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1971.1
Not on view
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2007
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Highlights from the Permanent Collection," February 19 - April 15, 2007 (no catalog);
1992
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection," June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 122);
1984
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Beinecke Collection," July 10 - September 5, 1984;
1965
Tucson, AZ (The University of Arizona Art Gallery). "The Bird in Art," November 7, 1964 - January 3, 1965 (cat. no. 54, illus.).
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Highlights from the Permanent Collection," February 19 - April 15, 2007 (no catalog);
1992
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection," June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 122);
1984
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Beinecke Collection," July 10 - September 5, 1984;
1965
Tucson, AZ (The University of Arizona Art Gallery). "The Bird in Art," November 7, 1964 - January 3, 1965 (cat. no. 54, illus.).
Provenance
c. 1971: (Hamilton College), by gift of Walter Beinecke, Jr.;
after 1964 - c. 1971: Walter Beinecke, Jr.;
by 1964: Kennedy Galleries, New York.
after 1964 - c. 1971: Walter Beinecke, Jr.;
by 1964: Kennedy Galleries, New York.
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), 340, catalogue no. P62.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat. Clinton, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, June 5- September 6, 1992, page 15, cat. 122).
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat. Clinton, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, June 5- September 6, 1992, page 15, cat. 122).
Signature
Signed "W H Beard / 1878" at lower left composition in red paint.
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