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Artist/Maker
Dorothy Shakespear
(British, 1886 – 1973)
Date1936
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 11 1/8 in. × 10 in. (28.3 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Omar S. Pound, Class of 1951
Object number2001.4.434.5
On view
DescriptionCanto 40
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
Provenance
1973 or earlier: Private collection of Omar S. Pound, by gift or inheritance
2001: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery) by gift of Omar S. Pound
2001: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery) by gift of Omar S. Pound
Markings
White adhesive label in typeset on verso at lower left: DOROTHY / SHAKESPEAR / POUND / b. 1886
Watermark on paper: "1936"
Watermark on paper: "1936"
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil and ink on paper
Object number: 2001.4.483.3
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on newsprint
Object number: 2001.4.404.4
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Ink on paper
Object number: 2001.4.188
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: n.d.
Medium: Ink on paper
Object number: 2001.4.434.11
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: c. 1930
Medium: Pencil with red ink on watercolor paper
Object number: 2001.4.486.1
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.410.9
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.410.14
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.394.17
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on tracing paper
Object number: 2001.4.420.1