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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.).
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.).
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: August 1910
Medium: Watercolor and pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.24
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: May 1912
Medium: Watercolor and pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.66
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: c. 1930's
Medium: Pencil and watercolor on paper
Object number: 2001.4.174.1
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: c. 1915-1920
Medium: Watercolor and graphite on paper
Object number: 1994.100
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: 1937
Medium: Watercolor on paper, mounted on cardboard
Object number: 1996.10
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