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Artist/Maker
George Heriot
(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."
Collections
Additional Details
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).
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.
George Heriot
Date: c. 1777-81
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.10
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: 1845
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.3
John William Lewin
Date: 1770-1819
Medium: Graphite, ink, and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.13
N. James
Date: June 1818
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.11
Christoph Jamnitzer
Date: published 1610 (possibly printed later)
Medium: Engraving
Object number: 1928.11
Cooper Willyams
Date: published August 1, 1796
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Object number: 1981.1.3
W. Mainwaring
Date: 1820
Medium: Pencil and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.29
Nicholas Pocock
Date: 1789
Medium: Graphite and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.15
Lieutenant Colonel J. Wilson
Date: published November 1, 1819
Medium: Aquatint with hand coloring
Object number: 1971.66