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Etcher
Samuel Alken
(British, 1756 - 1815)
Artist/Makerafter
Cooper Willyams
(1750-1825, Naval Chaplain, British)
Publisher
Cooper Willyams
(1750-1825, Naval Chaplain, British)
Datepublished August 1, 1796
MediumEtching and aquatint
DimensionsComposition: 10 1/4 × 16 15/16 in. (26 × 43 cm)
Plate: 12 1/16 × 18 11/16 in. (30.6 × 47.5 cm)
Frame: 18 × 24 in. (45.7 × 61 cm)
Sheet: 17 1/4 × 23 1/16 in. (43.8 × 58.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1981.1.2
Not on view
DescriptionBoats and forts on a mountainous island coastline, clouds of smoke hanging in the air.
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Additional Details
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.P17d.
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: S.W. view of Forts Bourbon & Louis, in the Island of Martinique. / London. Pubd. Augst. 1. 1796. by the REvd. C. Willyams.; in typeset at lower right: S. Alken fecit.
Samuel Alken
Date: published August 1, 1796
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Object number: 1981.1.5a
Cooper Willyams
Date: published August 1, 1796
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Object number: 1981.1.3
Cooper Willyams
Date: published August 1, 1796
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Object number: 1981.1.5b
Cooper Willyams
Date: published August 1, 1796
Medium: Engraving with hand coloring
Object number: 1971.65
G. Thompson
Date: published June 17, 1809
Medium: Engraving with hand coloring
Object number: 1971.62
Cooper Willyams
Date: published August 1, 1796
Medium: Aquatint
Object number: 1981.1.1
Samuel Fahlberg
Date: [c. 1830]
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1977.1
Cooper Willyams
Date: published August 1, 1796
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Object number: 1981.1.4
William John Huggins
Date: published January 1, 1825
Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
Object number: 1959.141
Lt. Archibald Campbell
Date: [1768]
Medium: Etching and engraving
Object number: 1971.41
Frederick Maitland
Date: published August 20, 1793
Medium: Halftone engraving
Object number: 1971.52