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
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.
Negroe Dance, West Indies
Negroe Dance, West Indies
George Heriot
Date: c. 1777-81
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.10
Photograph by John Bentham.
Kingston, St. Vincent
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: 1845
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.3
without frame. Photograph by John Bentham.
British attacking a gunboat
William Smyth
Date: 1849
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object number: 1971.19
Photograph by John Bentham.
The Quan or Guan from the West Indies
John William Lewin
Date: 1770-1819
Medium: Graphite, ink, and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.13
A View in the Island of Barbuda in the West Indies
A View in the Island of Barbuda in the West Indies
N. James
Date: June 1818
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.11
Photograph by John Bentham.
Grotesque Ornaments
Christoph Jamnitzer
Date: published 1610 (possibly printed later)
Medium: Engraving
Object number: 1928.11
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
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
Untitled [town, harbor and fort of Saint George, Grenada]
Untitled [town, harbor and fort of Saint George, Grenada]
Unknown artist
Date: 1796
Medium: Watercolor on wove paper
Object number: 1973.4
H. M. S. Pallas. saluting the Governor. at Grenada
H. M. S. Pallas. saluting the Governor. at Grenada
W. Mainwaring
Date: 1820
Medium: Pencil and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.29
Untitled [St. Martin, W.I.]
Untitled [St. Martin, W.I.]
Unknown artist
Date: 1850?
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1973.3
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