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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
DimensionsPlate: 7 3/8 × 10 1/4 in. (18.7 × 26 cm)
Sheet: 23 1/16 × 17 1/16 in. (58.6 × 43.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1981.1.5a
Not on view
DescriptionShip with rowers and white flag at prow, rowing toward island coastal town.
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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.P17f.
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: Bay of Maran, 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: 1981.1.2
Cooper Willyams
Date: published August 1, 1796
Medium: Aquatint
Object number: 1981.1.1
Lieutenant Colonel J. Wilson
Date: published November 1, 1819
Medium: Aquatint with hand coloring
Object number: 1971.66
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
William John Huggins
Date: published January 1, 1825
Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
Object number: 1959.141
J. Cooke
Date: 1778
Medium: Engraving with hand coloring
Object number: 1971.61
Samuel Palmer
Date: begun 1858 (published 1865)
Medium: Etching on chine appliqué
Object number: 1984.455
Samuel Palmer
Date: c. 1854-57
Medium: Etching on chine appliqué
Object number: 1984.454