Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe

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Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe
Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe
Artist/Maker (fl. 1842)
Date1842
MediumWatercolor on paper
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 7 13/16 × 9 15/16 in. (19.8 × 25.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1971.17
Not on view
DescriptionHarbor scene with village and mountains in the distance. "Harbor, settlement, trees."

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2007
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Gallery III, Hamilton College). "Beinecke Collection," 2007.
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), 338, catalogue no.P50.
Signature Initialled at lower right in watercolor: AER
Inscribed Inscribed on verso at center: Pointe A Pitre, Guadeloupe/1842
View of Basse Terre on the Island of Guadeloupe
Nicholas Pocock
Date: 1789
Medium: Graphite and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.16a
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Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.33
Untitled [St. Martin, W.I.]
Date: 1850?
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1973.3
Untitled [Harbor of Saint George, Grenada]
George Heriot
Date: c. 1777-81
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.9
Professional image by David Revette
Date: early 19th century
Medium: Watercolor and gum arabic on paper
Object number: 1971.22
Photograph by John Bentham.
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: 1937
Medium: Watercolor on paper, mounted on cardboard
Object number: 1996.10
St. Lucia
Date: c. 1830
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.37
Island of Grenada. W. Indies
Date: August 26, 1843
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.27
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College.
William Hay
Date: 1790s
Medium: Graphite and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.8
Untitled [artist's father-in-law's house, St. Christopher]
Thomas Shotter Boys
Date: likely 1834
Medium: Graphite and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.2
H. M. S. Pallas. saluting the Governor. at Grenada
W. Mainwaring
Date: 1820
Medium: Pencil and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.29
Untitled [Fort Charlotte from Kingston, St. Vincent]
Date: c. 1840-1850
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.24