Negroe Dance, West Indies

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Artist/Maker George Heriot (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.

Collections

Beinecke Collection of the Lesser Antilles

Additional Details

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]