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The Town and Harbour of Louisbourg on the Island of Cape Breton

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Item

Date:

1766

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2838486

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

The Town and Harbour of Louisbourg on the Island of Cape Breton
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Date(s):

1766

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 drawing / dessin : pen and ink on laid paper
Support 37.800 x 55.100 cm

Language of material:

no language

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Image depicting the fortress at Louisbourg, seen from across a field. The image contains little numbers that refer to the list found in the lower part of the work which enumerates important sites, buildings and other things., Item is fairly dirty around the edges and on its left and right extremities.

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Artist: Wright, Thomas active 1763-1789

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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. P2833

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: The Peter Winkworth Collections of Canadiana: Rocky Shores and Stormy Seas- The Atlantic Region. Curator: Jim Burant, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2006.03.05-04.22.2007.

Further Venue: Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; 2006.03.05-2006.05.14.

Further Venue: The Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick; 2006.06.16-2006.09.03.

Further Venue: The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John's Newfoundland; 2007.02.02-2007.04.22.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: in black ink, recto l.c.: A North West View of the Town and Harbour of Louisbourg on the Island of Cape Breton in North America.; l.r.: Taken and Drawn in the Year 1766 By Tho: Wright: / Deputy Surveyor of the Northern District of America.; l.c.: References [this title tops a list of 11 items which are separated in two columns. The left column includes numbers 1 to 5; the right column goes from 6 to 11] 1. The Citadel / 2. The Blockhouse / 3. The Ruins of the Fortifications / 4. The French Intendants House / 5. Port Frederick / 6. The Nunnery / 7. The Hospital / 8. The Lighthouse / 9. The Island Battery / 10. The Green Island / 11. The Venus Surveying Sloop; (complete transcription)
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cityscape

vue de ville
Source:

Private

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00432
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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] 432

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [00432] C-150287

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-432 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: expired / périmé

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Date modified:: 2024-07-04