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Artist/Maker
William Hay
British, active 1776 – 1797
Date1790s
MediumGraphite and watercolor on paper
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 8 3/16 × 11 9/16 in. (20.8 × 29.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1971.12
Not on view
DescriptionLandscape with figures fishing in the foreground
"Hill with fort, town; harbor extending beyond hill; two women on road."
Published ReferencesHough, 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), 334, catalogue no.P29.
Additional Details
Exhibition History
1984
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Gallery III, Hamilton College). "Beinecke Collection," July 10 - September 5, 1984;
1983
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Selection from the Hamilton College Collection," June 18 - August 14, 1983, extended to Sept. 15, 1983.
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Gallery III, Hamilton College). "Beinecke Collection," July 10 - September 5, 1984;
1983
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Selection from the Hamilton College Collection," June 18 - August 14, 1983, extended to Sept. 15, 1983.
Provenance
?: Thomas Bickham Crosse, by William Hay.
Markings
Former frame backing (adhesive gold label): "223 EAST 80th STREET / NEW YORK 21, N. Y. / UN 1-8585 / HAND CARVED PICTURE FRAMES / PAINTINGS RESTORED"
Former frame backing (adhesive label with pencil): "WI 342" / "9-1-61 mott[?]"
Former frame backing (adhesive label with typed black ink): "WI 342"; "9-1-61 mott[?]"; "By William Kay, probably the "W. P. Kay who did m[cutt off] / most of the illustrations for Sketches in New Bruns / wick, London, 1836." [this information is incorrect based on recent research (AMcL 6/6/2025)]
Former frame backing (adhesive label with pencil): "WI 342" / "9-1-61 mott[?]"
Former frame backing (adhesive label with typed black ink): "WI 342"; "9-1-61 mott[?]"; "By William Kay, probably the "W. P. Kay who did m[cutt off] / most of the illustrations for Sketches in New Bruns / wick, London, 1836." [this information is incorrect based on recent research (AMcL 6/6/2025)]
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), 334, catalogue no.P29.
Signature
Unsigned
Inscribed
Former frame backings (brown ink): "A view from the pond Basseterre St. Kitts with Nevis / Mountain in the distance. / presented to T. B. Crosse Esqr. by his friend Wm Hay" [label not in object file]
Former frame backings (brown ink): "A view from ye Pond Basseterre / St. Kitts with Nevis mountian / at a distance."
Former frame backings (brown ink): "A view from ye Pond Basseterre / St. Kitts with Nevis mountian / at a distance."
William Hay
Date: 1790s
Medium: Graphite and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.8
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Date: c. 1777-1781
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.9
Date: early 19th century
Medium: Watercolor and gum arabic on paper
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Samuel Fahlberg
Date: c. 1830
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1977.1
Samuel Fahlberg
Date: c. 1830
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1977.2
N. James
Date: June 1818
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.11
Date: 1796
Medium: Watercolor on wove paper
Object number: 1973.4
W. Mainwaring
Date: 1820
Medium: Pencil and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.29
Nicholas Pocock
Date: 1789
Medium: Graphite and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.15
John William Lewin
Date: c. 1770-1819
Medium: Graphite, ink, and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.13
Charles Rosenberg
Date: Publ. Oct. 25, 1834
Medium: Hand-colored engraving on paper
Object number: 1971.51