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[Unidentified West Indian harbor at sunset with dog] [graphic].
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Creator
Du Simitière, Pierre Eugène, approximately 1736-1784, artist.
Title
[Unidentified West Indian harbor at sunset with dog] [graphic].
Publisher
[West Indies?] ; [ca. 1763]
Publisher
WEST INDIES. 1763
Physical Description
1 drawing : watercolor ; sheet overall 26 x 40 cm (10 x 15.75 in.)
Description
View depicting the harbor with a pier and dwellings in the background. A dog sits on a paved walkway near a brick embankment in the foreground. Sailing vessels and three men are visible in the water.
Notes
Title from LCP exhibition catalogue: Pierre Eugene Du Simitière. His American Museum 200 Years After, #1:2.
Date inferred from the content.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Biographical / historical note
Du Simitière, a Swiss-born historian, antiquarian, and artist, traveled and documented North America and the West Indies from the 1750s to the 1770s. He settled in Philadelphia in 1774, and in 1782 opened the American Museum, which contained his collected antiquities.
Subject
Dogs.
Harbors -- West Indies.
Geographic subject
West Indies -- Pictorial works.
Genre
Watercolors -- 1760-1770.
Marine drawings -- 1760-1770.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Du Simitière Collection [961.F.27]
Accession number
961.F.27
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African American History Prints and Watercolors and Drawings
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