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Port of Spain
Port of Spain
Datec. 1839
MediumGraphite and watercolor on paper
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 6 7/8 × 4 5/16 in. (17.5 × 11 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1971.32
Not on view
DescriptionStreet scene in a small town "Church at end of street; two women talking on sidewalk in front of buildings; two people in a donkey cart driving away from viewer."
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), 337, catalogue no.P46.

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2007
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "The Beinecke Collection," June 21 - September 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.).
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), 337, catalogue no.P46.
Signature Unsigned
Inscribed Inscribed at lower left in pencil: Port of Spain / Trinidad; verso upper center in pencil: Port of Spain Trinidad West Indies
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