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Artist/Maker
William E. Williams
(American, born 1950, Class of 1973)
Date2004
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsComposition: 7 3/4 × 7 5/8 in. (19.7 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of William Earle Williams, Class of 1973, in honor of the Class of 1973
Object number2008.5.5
Not on view
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2011
Online exhibition ( http://www.hamilton.edu/emerson_gallery/upf/ ), "Uncovering the Path to Freedom: Photographs of the Underground Railroad by William Earle Williams, '73," August 2008-October 2011.
2006-08
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Uncovering the Path to Freedom: Photographs of the Underground Railroad," January 14 - April 13, 2008 (cat no. 29, illus., 31). Traveled from: Auburn, NY (Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center) April 26 - June 14, 2006.
Online exhibition ( http://www.hamilton.edu/emerson_gallery/upf/ ), "Uncovering the Path to Freedom: Photographs of the Underground Railroad by William Earle Williams, '73," August 2008-October 2011.
2006-08
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Uncovering the Path to Freedom: Photographs of the Underground Railroad," January 14 - April 13, 2008 (cat no. 29, illus., 31). Traveled from: Auburn, NY (Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center) April 26 - June 14, 2006.
Provenance
2008: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of the artist.
Markings
Blind stamp: "PHOTOGRAPH / BY / WILLIAM EARLE WILLIAMS / COPYRIGHT" at lower center.
Published References
Katerina Adair, Ilana Carlin, Sophia Franck, Deborah Pokinski and Susanna White, UNCOVERING THE PATH TO FREEDOM: PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD BY WILLIAM EARLE WILLIAMS '73, exh. cat. (Clinton, NY: Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, 2008), 28, illus., 6.
Signature
Signed "William Earle Williams" on verso at lower center in pencil.
Inscribed
"Entrance way Rosedown Plantation, Lou 2004" on verso at lower center in pencil; "Rosedown Plantation LA 2004 3,7 F(61) MDFlGCE Br md ed 12 7104" on verso at lower edge in pencil.
William E. Williams
Date: 2004
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2008.5.1
William E. Williams
Date: 2001, printed 2003
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2008.5.2
William E. Williams
Date: 2003–4 (printed 2007)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2008.5.3
William E. Williams
Date: 2003 (printed 2007)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2008.5.4
William E. Williams
Date: 1995 (printed 1997)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2008.6
William E. Williams
Date: 1986, printed 2003
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2009.2.1
William E. Williams
Date: 1981
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.13
William E. Williams
Date: 1981 (published 1985)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1992.1.3
William E. Williams
Date: 1979 (published 1985)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1992.1.4
William E. Williams
Date: 1980 (published 1985)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1992.1.8
William E. Williams
Date: 1980 (published 1985)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1992.1.7
William E. Williams
Date: 1979 (published 1985)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1992.1.5
