Perspective View of Roseau in the Island of Dominica in the West Indies

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Perspective View of Roseau in the Island of Dominica in the West Indies
Perspective View of Roseau in the Island of Dominica in the West Indies
Publisher (British)
Date1778
MediumEngraving with hand coloring
DimensionsComposition: 6 3/16 × 10 5/16 in. (15.7 × 26.2 cm) Plate: 7 7/16 × 11 3/8 in. (18.9 × 28.9 cm) Sheet: 8 7/8 × 14 3/16 in. (22.5 × 36 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1971.61
Not on view
DescriptionHarbor with ships and coastal town "Town, hills; ships in harbor."
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Exhibition History 2007
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "The Beinecke Collection," June 21 - September 16, 2007 (no catalog);

1986
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Selections from the Permanent Collection: The Beinecke Collection," July 10 - September 5, 1986.
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), 331, catalogue no.P4.
Signature Unsigned
Inscribed Inscribed at lower right in pencil: (1779); in typeset at upper center: Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography.; in type along bottom: Perspective View of ROSEAU in the Island of DOMINICA in the West Indies.
Map of the British Islands in The West Indies
Map of the British Islands in The West Indies
J & C. Walker
Date: published March 1, 1835
Medium: Engraving with hand coloring
Object number: 1971.64
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.
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
Date: published November 1, 1819
Medium: Aquatint with hand coloring
Object number: 1971.66
N.E. view of Fort Louis in the Island of Martinique
N.E. view of Fort Louis in the Island of Martinique
Cooper Willyams
Date: published August 1, 1796
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Object number: 1981.1.3
Saint John's Harbour, Antigua. From the Southward and Eastward.
Saint John's Harbour, Antigua. From the Southward and Eastward.
C. Bentley
Date: published July 1, 1829
Medium: Engraving with hand coloring
Object number: 1971.48
West Indies
West Indies
Walford Thomas Bellairs, R.N.
Date: August 1850
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 1995.24
Roseau, Dominica, from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"
Roseau, Dominica, from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: published February 1, 1837
Medium: Hand-colored aquatint on paper
Object number: 1971.39.5
The Taking of the French Island of Martinique in The West Indies On Feb.y 24 1809 With a View of the Bombardment of Fort Bourbon and the surrender of that Fortress and the whole Island to the British Forces under the command of Genl. Beckwith
The Taking of the French Island of Martinique in The West Indies On Feb.y 24 1809 With a View of the Bombardment of Fort Bourbon and the surrender of that Fortress and the whole Island to the British Forces under the command of Genl. Beckwith
G. Thompson
Date: published June 17, 1809
Medium: Engraving with hand coloring
Object number: 1971.62
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
Le Port St. George, Dans L' Isle De La Grenade, Vu du côté de l'Est Tiré d'un Recueil de differens Ports des Isles Antilles dessinés en 1780 no. 597
Le Port St. George, Dans L' Isle De La Grenade, Vu du côté de l'Est Tiré d'un Recueil de differens Ports des Isles Antilles dessinés en 1780 no. 597
Pierre Ozanne
Date: 1780
Medium: Engraving with hand coloring
Object number: 1971.54
View Near Saint John's, Antigua. From Gamble's
View Near Saint John's, Antigua. From Gamble's
Date: published July 1, 1829
Medium: Engraving with hand coloring
Object number: 1971.49
Capture of Basse Terre Guadaloupe, with a View of the attack made upon it by Commodor Moore & Gov Douglas
Capture of Basse Terre Guadaloupe, with a View of the attack made upon it by Commodor Moore & Gov Douglas
Nicholas Pocock
Date: 1789
Medium: Graphite and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.15
West Indies
West Indies
Walford Thomas Bellairs, R.N.
Date: August 1850
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 1995.23