Monuments in Easter Island

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Monuments in Easter Island
Monuments in Easter Island
Artist/Maker (British, 1735 - 1785)
Datepublished 1777
MediumEngraving
DimensionsPlate: 9 1/2 × 15 3/8 in. (24.1 × 39.1 cm) Sheet: 11 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (29.2 × 44.5 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with funds donated by Judy S. Hall in memory of her husband Gordon S. Hall, Class of 1956
Object number1993.28
Not on view
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Exhibition History 1995
Clinton, NY., Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Landscapes from the Hamilton College Collection", January 16 - April 9, 1995 (no cat.).
Provenance 1993: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by private sale from Childs Gallery, Boston, MA.

Published References Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Friends of Art Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 6, April 1994, "1993 Acquisitions"
Signature Signed in plate at lower left: Drawn from Nature by W. Hodges.; in plate at lower right: Engraved by W. Woollett/ No. XLIX.
Inscribed Entitled in plate at lower center: MONUMENTS ON EASTER ISLAND; signed in plate at lower left: Drawn from Nature by W. Hodges.; in plate at lower right: Engraved by W. Woollett/ No. XLIX.; inscribed in plate at lower center: Published Feb. 1st. 1777, by W. Strahan New Street Shoe Lane, & Thos. Cadell in the Strand, London.
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