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View of Québec

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Item

Date:

after 1734

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2838407

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

View of Québec
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

after 1734

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 watercolour / aquarelle : watercolour over pencil on wove paper
Support 28.300 x 43.500 cm

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Image depicting a large ship in the foreground, sailing along with other boats and ships in front of a citadel. The Sotheby's list mentions that this work is "a naive copy of the Smyth/Canot 1761 etching"; the list also refers to the work as "View of Quebec from the Bason"., Item is in poor condition. The paper is yellowed and brittle, broken at the edges, with some losses. The colour is still considerably good.

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Artist: Smyth, Hervey 1734-1811, after

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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. W194

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed., Inscription: in pencil, verso l.c.: Quebec; (partial transcription)
Subject heading:

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Québec

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Source:

Private

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00390
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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] 390

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-390 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: Expired

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