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Artist/Maker
Dorothy Shakespear
(British, 1886 – 1973)
Date1919
MediumWatercolor on paper
DimensionsComposition: 9 1/4 × 11 in. (23.5 × 27.9 cm)
Sheet: 12 3/4 × 11 in. (32.4 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Omar S. Pound, Class of 1951
Object number1996.11
Not on view
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2018-19
Clinton, NY (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College). Permanent collection gallery case on Dorothy Shakespear curated by Elizabeth Spangenthal '18. May 2018 - May 2019 (no publication);
2005
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Hamilton Collects: A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection", September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat.).
1999
Clinton, NY. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Selections from the Permanent Collection," 1999.
1997
Nacogdoches, TX (SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University). "Dorothy Shakespear (1886 - 1973)," November 3 - December 5, 1997 (cat. no. 12, illus., 13);
1996-1997
Clinton. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "The Introspective Eye: Dorothy Shakespear's Modernist Vision", November 2, 1996 - January 5, 1997 (no cat.).
Clinton, NY (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College). Permanent collection gallery case on Dorothy Shakespear curated by Elizabeth Spangenthal '18. May 2018 - May 2019 (no publication);
2005
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Hamilton Collects: A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection", September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat.).
1999
Clinton, NY. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Selections from the Permanent Collection," 1999.
1997
Nacogdoches, TX (SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University). "Dorothy Shakespear (1886 - 1973)," November 3 - December 5, 1997 (cat. no. 12, illus., 13);
1996-1997
Clinton. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "The Introspective Eye: Dorothy Shakespear's Modernist Vision", November 2, 1996 - January 5, 1997 (no cat.).
Provenance
1996: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Omar S. Pound;
? - 1996: Omar S. Pound, by gift or inheritance from Dorothy Shakespear.
? - 1996: Omar S. Pound, by gift or inheritance from Dorothy Shakespear.
Markings
White rectangular adhesive label with black text on verso at upper center: DOROTHY / SHAKESPEAR / POUND / b. 1886
Published References
A CENTURY OF CURIOSITIES: THE STORY OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat., Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, September 29- December 30, 2005, unnumbered cat.)
Pound, Oman Shakespear, "The Introspective Eye: Dorothy Shakespeare's Modernist Vision," (exh. brocure, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, November 2, 1996-January 5, 1997.) title page.
Pound, Oman Shakespear, "The Introspective Eye: Dorothy Shakespeare's Modernist Vision," (exh. brocure, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, November 2, 1996-January 5, 1997.) title page.
Signature
Signed and dated in pencil at lower right: D. Shakespear 1919
Inscribed
Entitled in watercolor at lower center: PYRENEES.; inscribed in pencil on verso at upper left: 14 [encircled]
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: July 1914
Medium: Watercolor and graphite on paper
Object number: EL 1995.1
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: 1919
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1994.94
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: 1915-20
Medium: Watercolor and graphite on paper
Object number: 1994.100
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: August 1910
Medium: Watercolor and pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.24
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: September 1908
Medium: Watercolor and pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.32
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: May 1906
Medium: Watercolor and pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.33
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: 1907
Medium: Watercolor and pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.45
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: September 1907
Medium: Watercolor and pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.47
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: April 1908
Medium: Watercolor and pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.48