Collection search - Town and Harbour of Halifax in Nova Scotia, looking down Prince Street to the opposite shore

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Town and Harbour of Halifax in Nova Scotia, looking down Prince Street to the opposite shore

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Date:

1764

Reference:

Box number: A326-01

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2873894

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W.H. Coverdale collection of Canadiana

Town and Harbour of Halifax in Nova Scotia, looking down Prince Street to the opposite shore
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Date(s):

1764

Place:

London, England

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Publisher:

Richard Short

Extent:

1 print / estampe : engraving
Image 37.500 x 52.700 cm

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Laid down
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Artist: Short, Richard, fl. 1754-1766

Artist: Serres, Dominic, 1722-1793

Engraver: Mason, James, 1710-ca. 1780

Publisher: Short, Richard, fl. 1754-1766
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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: Inscribed in the print, lower border, "Serres Pinxit. Jas. Mason sculpsit [With dedication to the Earl of Halifax and the Earl's coat of arms, centre.] This plate representing part of the Town & Harbour of Halifax in Nova Scotia, looking down Prince Street to the opposite shore shows the Eastern Battery, George & Cornwallis Islands, Thrum-Cap [sic] Sc. to the Sea off Chebucto Head;" [With title & key in French, l.r.] "...R. Short. -" [Key] "Drawn on the Citadel Hill des. & Pubd by R. Short Mar, 1. 1764."
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Halifax (N.S.)

Halifax (N.-É.)

N.S., Halifax : Streets - Prince Street

SUBJ. - Costume, Historical : 1764

Architecture
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Private

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1970-188 PIC
00117
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Physical access through an art archivist. No restriction on use for reproduction or publication

Box [1970-188]

[Consultation 90 Open]

A326-01 Item no. assigned by LAC 117

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [00117] C-041028

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1970-188-117 W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: Expired

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