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Martello Tower No. 4, Quebec

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Date:

May 22, 1838

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2838552

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Martello Tower No. 4, Quebec
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Date(s):

May 22, 1838

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 watercolour / aquarelle : pink-brown wash over pencil on wove paper
Support 18.000 x 26.400 cm

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Subject depicts a stone tower on top of a hill overlooking a city. The tower is cylindrical in shape, with a roof. The tower is situated in an open area on top of a hill; a fence is visible to the right of the tower, along the edge of the hill. Several architectural structures are visible at the bottom of the hill. In the background there is a body of water and hills., The Martello Towers were modelled on a gun Tower at Cape Martella in N. Corsica. Of the 196 built in Canada, only four were built in Quebec City. Tower 4 overlooked the St. Charles River, Quebec. Construction on the tower commenced in 1808 and was completed in early 1812. The tower was faced with sandstone ashlar masonry; it was 42 ft 6 in in diameter; 26 ft 6 in in height; and its walls were between 6 and 11 ft. The purpose of the tower was to protect against an attack across the Plains of Abraham. The tower was demolished in 1972., The sketchbook page is no longer attached the covers. The covers have marble paper boards with a leather spine and cornoers. Inside the front cover are pencil notes on expenses. Inside the back cover are notes on latitude observations and some later scribbled autographs by children "Charles Howard Edwards" and "Fanny Edwards".

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Artist: Unknown

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Sotheby's inventory no. W422.1.

Markings note:

Watermark: [J WH]ATMAN / [TURKE]Y MILL / [18]36

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: in pencil, recto, u.r.: Martello Tower No 4 Quebec / 22 May 1838; in pencil, recto, b.: Falls of Montmorenci

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478 : r
Subject heading:

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Québec

Architecture
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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00478
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
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Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 478

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-478.1R Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: Expired

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