Negroe Dance, West Indies

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Negroe Dance, West Indies
Negroe Dance, West Indies
Artist/Maker (Canadian, born Scotland, 1759 – 1839)
Datec. 1777-81
MediumWatercolor on paper
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 8 7/16 × 12 11/16 in. (21.4 × 32.2 cm) Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1971.10
Not on view
DescriptionGeorge Heriot sailed for the West Indies in 1777 and reamined 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). Group dance in the countryside.
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Exhibition History 1984
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Beinecke Collection," July 10 - September 5, 1984;

1949
New York, NY (Harry Shaw Newman Gallery). "Exhibition of Watercolors and Drawings," February 1949.
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.P22b.
Signature Initialed with watercolor at lower right: G. H.
Inscribed Inscribed verso upper right: K [encircled]
Untitled [Harbor of Saint George, Grenada]
Untitled [Harbor of Saint George, Grenada]
George Heriot
Date: c. 1777-81
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.9
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
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.
Kingston, St. Vincent
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: 1845
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.3
Photograph by John Bentham.
Grotesque Ornaments
Christoph Jamnitzer
Date: published 1610 (possibly printed later)
Medium: Engraving
Object number: 1928.11
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Fragment of a relief from the Northwest Palace at Nimrud
Date: c. 883-859 BCE
Medium: Gypsum with remnants of red pigment
Object number: 1868.5
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
J. Cooke
Date: 1778
Medium: Engraving with hand coloring
Object number: 1971.61
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
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
West Indies
West Indies
Walford Thomas Bellairs, R.N.
Date: August 1850
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 1995.23
West Indies
West Indies
Walford Thomas Bellairs, R.N.
Date: August 1850
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 1995.24