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Artist/Maker
Howard Cook
(American, 1901 - 1980)
Date1931
MediumWood-engraving
DimensionsComposition: 10 in. × 6 1/8 in. (25.4 × 15.6 cm)
Sheet (Irregular): 12 1/4 × 10 13/16 in. (31.1 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LinePurchased by Elihu Root Jr., Class of 1903, and Edward W. Root, Class of 1905, for the Hamilton College Picture Rental Collection
Object number1983.2
Not on view
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2008
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "The Best Kind of Life: Edward W. Root as Teacher, Collector, and Naturalist," September 27, 2007 - January 6, 2008 (unnumbered cat.).
2005
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Hamilton Collects, A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection," September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat., illus. 42).
1984
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Selections from the Hamilton College Collection, 20th Century," July 10- September 1984 (no cat.).
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "The Best Kind of Life: Edward W. Root as Teacher, Collector, and Naturalist," September 27, 2007 - January 6, 2008 (unnumbered cat.).
2005
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Hamilton Collects, A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection," September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat., illus. 42).
1984
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Selections from the Hamilton College Collection, 20th Century," July 10- September 1984 (no cat.).
Provenance
May 1983: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Student Loan Collection;
circa 1936: Hamilton College, by purchase and gift of Elihu Root Jr. and Edward W. Root for the Root Picture Collection
circa 1936: Hamilton College, by purchase and gift of Elihu Root Jr. and Edward W. Root for the Root Picture Collection
Published References
THE BEST KIND OF LIFE: EDWARD W. ROOT AS TEACHER, COLLECTOR, AND NATURALIST" (exh. cat., Clinton, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, September 27, 2007- January 6, 2008)
Signature
Signed and dated in pencil at lower right: Howard Cook 1931
Inscribed
Entitled in pencil at lower left: The Bremen; editioned in pencil at lower left: 75 [encircled]; inscribed in pencil at lower left: 2; in pencil on verso at lower left: 8A
Winslow Homer
Date: published May 22, 1858
Medium: Wood-engraving on newsprint
Object number: 1985.31
Winslow Homer
Date: published July 10, 1869
Medium: Wood-engraving on newsprint
Object number: 1985.33
Winslow Homer
Date: published July 11, 1874
Medium: Wood-engraving on newsprint
Object number: 1985.32
Stimson & Co.
Date: c. 1854
Medium: Hand-colored wood engraving
Object number: 1959.161
Stimson & Co.
Date: c. 1854
Medium: Hand-colored wood-engraving
Object number: 1959.162
Stimson & Co.
Date: c. 1854
Medium: Hand-colored wood-engraving on paper
Object number: 1959.163
Stimson & Co.
Date: c. 1854-55
Medium: Hand-colored wood-engraving on paper
Object number: 1959.164