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Artist/Maker
William Delamotte
(British, 1775 - 1863)
Datepublished January 1, 1806
MediumSoft-ground tching on paper
DimensionsComposition: 18 1/4 × 13 7/8 in. (46.4 × 35.2 cm)
Sheet: 23 1/8 × 17 3/8 in. (58.7 × 44.1 cm)
Plate: 20 3/8 × 15 1/4 in. (51.8 × 38.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of D. Roger Howlett, Class of 1966
Object number1988.22
Not on view
DescriptionEtching with sepia on paper
Collections
Additional Details
Alternate Titles
The gnarled trunk of an old oak tree (Quercus robur L.) in Rycot Park, Oxfordshire
Exhibition History
1992
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection", June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no 81).
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection", June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no 81).
Provenance
1988: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of D. Roger Howlett
Markings
Watermark at lower center: J WHATMAN / 1801
Published References
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat., Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, June 5- September 6, 1992, cat. no.81).
Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Friends of Art Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 2, February 1989, "Acquisitions"
Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Friends of Art Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 2, February 1989, "Acquisitions"
Signature
Signed and dated in plate at lower center: W. Delamotte 1805; signed in plate at lower right: Drawn & Etched by W. De la Motte.; in plate at lower center: Pubd. as the Act directs by W. De la Motte Gt. Marlow. Janry. 1, 1806.
Inscribed
Signed in plate at lower right: Drawn & Etched by W. De la Motte.; in plate at lower center: Pubd. as the Act directs by W. De la Motte Gt. Marlow. Janry. 1, 1806.; entitled in plate at lower center: OAK, in RYCOT PARK, OXON.
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