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Artist/Maker
George Heriot
(Canadian, born Scotland, 1759 – 1839)
Datec. 1777-81
MediumWatercolor on paper
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 8 7/16 × 12 11/16 in. (21.4 × 32.2 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1971.10
Not on view
DescriptionGeorge Heriot sailed for the West Indies in 1777 and reamined there until returning to England in 1781. From his experiences, he wrote and illustrated "A Descriptive Poem, written in the West Indies," published in London in 1781 (a copy of which is housed at Hamilton College Special Collections, PR4785.H74 D4 1781).
Group dance in the countryside.
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
1984
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Beinecke Collection," July 10 - September 5, 1984;
1949
New York, NY (Harry Shaw Newman Gallery). "Exhibition of Watercolors and Drawings," February 1949.
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Beinecke Collection," July 10 - September 5, 1984;
1949
New York, NY (Harry Shaw Newman Gallery). "Exhibition of Watercolors and Drawings," February 1949.
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), 333, catalogue no.P22b.
Signature
Initialed with watercolor at lower right: G. H.
Inscribed
Inscribed verso upper right: K [encircled]
George Heriot
Date: c. 1777-81
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.9
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Silvia Saunders
Date: c. 1931-1937
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Silvia Saunders
Date: 20th century
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1969.12.4
Silvia Saunders
Date: 1933
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1969.11.5
William E. Williams
Date: 1995 (printed 1997)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2008.6
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Medium: Gypsum with remnants of red pigment
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