Scarbro' Bay, Island of Tobago

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Scarbro' Bay, Island of Tobago
Scarbro' Bay, Island of Tobago
Engraver (fl. mid-nineteenth century)
Artist/Maker (fl. 1834)
Publisher (British, 1781 - 1845)
DatePubl. Oct. 25, 1834
MediumHand-colored engraving on paper
DimensionsComposition: 11 1/8 × 17 7/16 in. (28.3 × 44.3 cm) Plate: 14 13/16 × 19 15/16 in. (37.6 × 50.6 cm) Sheet: 16 7/8 × 22 3/16 in. (42.9 × 56.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1971.51
Not on view
DescriptionView of Rockly Bay, depicted from the western shore looking east. The town of Scarborough can be seen on the opposite shore, with Fort King George atop the hill above the town. "Hill with town behind bay; people on road in foreground."
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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), 335, catalogue no.P37.
Signature Signed in typeset at lower left: Sketched by D Mc.Arthur; in typeset at lower center: Published Octr. 25 1834 by W.J. HUGGINS Marine Painter to His Majesty. / 105 LEADENHALL STREET.; in typeset at lower right: Engraved by C. Rosenberg.
Inscribed Inscribed at center in typeset: Published Oct.r 25 1834 by W.J. HUGGINS Marine Painter to His Majesty / 105. LEADENHALL STREET. / SCARBRO' BAY, ISLAND OF TOBAGO.; in pencil at lower right: (B.C. 64) / 10/30/61 Edwards WI 448
Professional image by David Revette
To Major General Cuyler this View of FORT GEORGE, in the Island of Tobago, taken from Morne Grace, the place where the Troops halted previous to the, Assault on the night of the 14th April 1793
Frederick Maitland
Date: published August 20, 1793
Medium: Halftone engraving
Object number: 1971.52
Photograph by John Bentham.
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Lt. John Herbert Caddy
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Medium: Watercolor on paper
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George Heriot
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Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.9
Professional image by David Revette
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Date: early 19th century
Medium: Watercolor and gum arabic on paper
Object number: 1971.22
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College.
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William Hay
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Medium: Graphite and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.12
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Medium: Aquatint
Object number: 1981.1.1
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Samuel Fahlberg
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Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.24
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A View of the Town of St. George and Richmond Heights in the Island of Grenada taken from the Bay by Lieut. Col. J. Wilson & dedicated to his Excellency Major General Phineas Riall Governor & Commander in Chief &c. & c. &c.
Lieutenant Colonel J. Wilson
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Medium: Aquatint with hand coloring
Object number: 1971.66
Henri Christophe Roi D'Haiti (Henry Christophe, King of Haiti)
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Sénèque Obin
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Medium: Oil on masonite
Object number: 1981.13
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Cooper Willyams
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Medium: Etching and aquatint
Object number: 1981.1.3
Capture of Basse Terre Guadaloupe, with a View of the attack made upon it by Commodor Moore & Gov Douglas
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Nicholas Pocock
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Object number: 1971.15