The Baptistry, Canterbury Cathedral

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The Baptistry, Canterbury Cathedral
The Baptistry, Canterbury Cathedral
Artist/Maker (British, 1886 – 1973)
DateSeptember 1908
MediumWatercolor on paper
DimensionsSheet: 13 3/4 × 9 7/8 in. (34.9 × 25.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Omar S. Pound, Class of 1951
Object number2001.4.54
Not on view

Additional Details

Provenance 2001: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Omar S. Pound;
by 1973 - 2001: Omar S. Pound, by gift or inheritance from Dorothy Shakespear.
Markings Label: White adhesive label reading "DOROTHY / SHAKESPEAR / POUND / b. 1886" on verso at center.
Signature Signed and dated "Sept '08. / D.S." on verso at upper left in black ink.
Inscribed "Baptistry / Cantebury." on verso at upper left in black ink; "[illeg. 3 lines of text] / 9 / 646 [encircled]" on verso at upper left in pencil; "1 [sideways and encircled]" on verso at upper right in pencil.
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