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Artist/Maker
William Hay
(British, active 1776 – 1797)
Date1790s
MediumGraphite and watercolor on paper
DimensionsComposition: 8 in. × 11 1/2 in. (20.3 × 29.2 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 11 9/16 in. (20.6 × 29.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1971.8
Not on view
DescriptionLandscape with grazing animals in the foreground and mountains in the distance
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2007
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Selections from the Permanent Collection: The Beinecke Collection," June 21-Sept. 16, 2007 (no catalog).
2005
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Hamilton Collects, A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection," September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat.).
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Selections from the Permanent Collection: The Beinecke Collection," June 21-Sept. 16, 2007 (no catalog).
2005
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Hamilton Collects, A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection," September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat.).
Provenance
?: Mrs. Crosse, by William Hay.
Published References
Hough, Samuel J. and Penelope R.O. Hough, THE BEINECKE LESSER ANTILLES COLLECTION AT HAMILTON COLLEGE: A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PRINTS, MAPS, AND DRAWINGS (Trustees of Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, 1994), 332, catalogue no.P11.
Signature
Unsigned
Inscribed
Inscribed at lower right in ink: 12/8 1/2; at lower right in pencil: WI 962 / mott / 8/25/45; verso center in ink: A View from St. Kitts Mountain taken from near the old fort called Londonderry. presented to Mrs. Crosse - by Wm Hay.
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