Perspective View of Roseau in the Island of Dominica in the West Indies

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Perspective View of Roseau in the Island of Dominica in the West Indies
Perspective View of Roseau in the Island of Dominica in the West Indies
Artist/Maker
Publisher (British)
Date1778
MediumEngraving with hand coloring
DimensionsComposition: 6 3/16 × 10 5/16 in. (15.7 × 26.2 cm) Plate: 7 7/16 × 11 3/8 in. (18.9 × 28.9 cm) Sheet: 8 7/8 × 14 3/16 in. (22.5 × 36 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1971.61
Not on view
DescriptionHarbor with ships and coastal town "Town, hills; ships in harbor."
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Exhibition History 2007
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "The Beinecke Collection," June 21 - September 16, 2007 (no catalog);

1986
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Selections from the Permanent Collection: The Beinecke Collection," July 10 - September 5, 1986.
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), 331, catalogue no.P4.
Signature Unsigned
Inscribed Inscribed at lower right in pencil: (1779); in typeset at upper center: Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography.; in type along bottom: Perspective View of ROSEAU in the Island of DOMINICA in the West Indies.
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