Untitled [Harbor of Saint George, Grenada]

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Untitled [Harbor of Saint George, Grenada]
Untitled [Harbor of Saint George, Grenada]
Artist/Maker (Canadian, born Scotland, 1759 – 1839)
Datec. 1777-81
MediumWatercolor on paper
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 7 3/8 × 11 5/8 in. (18.7 × 29.5 cm) Support: 7 3/8 × 11 5/8 in. (18.7 × 29.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1971.9
Not on view
DescriptionGeorge Heriot sailed for the West Indies in 1777 and remained there until returning to England in 1781. From his experiences, he wrote and illustrated "A Descriptive Poem, written in the West Indies," published in London in 1781 (a copy of which is housed at Hamilton College Special Collections, PR4785.H74 D4 1781). "Hills, harbor, town, palm trees, fort, road curving toward viewer; town with church spire, troops drilling, sea, peninsula, harbor, town, two mounted officers, five black women, two people in horsecart."
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Exhibition History 2007
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Selections from the Permanent Collection: The Beinecke Collection," June 21 - September 16, 2007 (no catalog).
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), 333, catalogue no.P22a.
Signature Unsigned
Inscribed Inscribed in pencil on verso at center: 940 [underlined]; in pencil on verso at lower right: West Indies.

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