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Panorama of the Pyrenees

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Date:

August 16, 1820

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2838268

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Panorama of the Pyrenees
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Date(s):

August 16, 1820

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 watercolour / aquarelle : watercolour over pencil on laid paper
Image 10.000 x 127.600 cm
Secondary support 19.700 x 49.900 cm

Language of material:

no language

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A panoramic view of the Pyranean mountains that border France and Spain, taken from the high ground to the east of Bagnères de Bigorre, France. The watercolour was executed on 4 sheets of paper, which have been joined together to produce one continuous image. The sheet on the far right is attached to the secondary support.

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Artist: Heriot, George, 1759-1839

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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. W42.

Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparencies available

Markings note:

Watermark: [?]ROVE [18]16; partial image is visible as well.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: in pencil, recto, u.r on secondary support: Watercolour / Panorama of the / Pyrenees / by Geroge Heriot / Details on / the back / of drawing; in pencil, recto, t. on image: High Pyrenees 34; in ink, verso of lefthand sheet, across b.: Panoramic view of the Pyrenees, taken from the high ground to the East of Bagneres of Bagneres de Bigrone / 1.Journalet 2.Pic du Midid 3.Mont Aigue 4.Montaignes de Pierfitte 5. Montaignes de Cauterets 6. Caesar's / camp / Geo Heriot - 16 Aug. 1820.

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C-151296 : section 1 of 4
C-151297 : section 2 of 4
C-151298 : section 3 of 4
C-151299 : section 4 of 4
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France

landscape
Source:

Private

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00259
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
No restriction on access or on use for publication or reproduction.

Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 259

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [00259] C-151296--C-151299

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-259 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: Expired

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