Pigeon Island, Martinique

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Pigeon Island, Martinique
Pigeon Island, Martinique
Artist/Maker (1750-1825, Naval Chaplain, British)
Publisher (1750-1825, Naval Chaplain, British)
Etcher (British, 1756 - 1815)
Datepublished August 1, 1796
MediumEtching and aquatint
DimensionsComposition: 5 7/16 × 8 1/8 in. (13.8 × 20.6 cm) Plate: 7 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (18.7 × 25.6 cm) Sheet: 23 1/16 × 17 1/16 in. (58.6 × 43.3 cm) Mat: 18 × 24 in. (45.7 × 61 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1981.1.5b
Not on view
DescriptionFort on top of an outcropping on a mountainous island coastline.
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Published References Hough, Samuel J. and Penelope R.O. Hough, THE BEINECKE LESSER ANTILLES COLLECTION AT HAMILTON COLLEGE: A CATOLOGUE OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PRINTS, MAPS, AND DRAWINGS (Trustees of Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, 1994), 333, catalogue no.P17g.
Signature Signed in typeset at lower left: Drawn by the Revd. C. Willyams.; in typeset at lower center: Pubd. Augst. 1 1796. by the Revd. C. Willyams.; in typeset at lower right: S. Alken fecit.
Inscribed Inscribed in typeset at lower left: Drawn by the Revd. C. Willyams.; in typeset at lower center: Pigeon Island, Martinique. / London. Pubd. Augst. 1 1796. by the Revd. C. Willyams.; in typeset at lower right: S. Alken fecit.




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Date: published August 1, 1796
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Object number: 1981.1.3
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Medium: Engraving with hand coloring
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Medium: Aquatint
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Object number: 1981.1.2
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Medium: Etching and aquatint
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Medium: Engraving and aquatint
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