Port of Spain

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Port of Spain
Port of Spain
Datec. 1839
MediumGraphite and watercolor on paper
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 6 7/8 × 4 5/16 in. (17.5 × 11 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1971.32
Not on view
DescriptionStreet scene in a small town "Church at end of street; two women talking on sidewalk in front of buildings; two people in a donkey cart driving away from viewer."

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2007
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "The Beinecke Collection," June 21 - September 16, 2007 (no catalog);

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.).
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), 337, catalogue no.P46.
Signature Unsigned
Inscribed Inscribed at lower left in pencil: Port of Spain / Trinidad; verso upper center in pencil: Port of Spain Trinidad West Indies
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