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Part of the Town and Harbour of Halifax in Nova Scotia looking down George Street

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

1764

Reference:

Box number: A326-01

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2873898

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W.H. Coverdale collection of Canadiana

Part of the Town and Harbour of Halifax in Nova Scotia looking down George Street
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Record information – Details
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 53.200 cm

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Laid down. Discoloured. Vertical fold down the centre. Margins cropped and torn. Note large tear lower centre. Canada Steamship Lines stamp embossed l.l. Glue damage along top edge. Surface damage from cleaning.
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Artist: Serres, Dominic, 1722-1793

Engraver: Mason, James, 1710-ca. 1780

Publisher: Short, Richard, fl. 1754-1766
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General note:

Plate: Richard Short, Views of Halifax, 6 Plates

Attributions and conjectures:

This print is after a work by artist Richard Short.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: Inscribed in thr print, lower border, "Serres pinxit. Jas. Mason Sculpsit [with a dedication to the Earl of Halifax]. This plate representating part of the Town & Harbour of Halifax in Nova Scotia, looking down George Street to the opposite Shore called Dartmouth, [Title & Key repeated in French at rt.]- Is most humbly inscribed by his Lordship's most devoted Servant - R: Short, [With the arms of the Earl of Halifax at the centre] 1 King's Yard, 2 Barracks, 3 Printing House, 4 Pontacks. Drawn on the Citadel Hill design'd & publish'd by R. Short, March 1, 1764."
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Halifax (N.S.)

Dartmouth (N.S.)

Halifax (N.-É.)

Architecture
Source:

Private

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1970-188 PIC
00119
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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 119

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1970-188]

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-041163 Item no. assigned by LAC 119

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1970-188-119 W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: Expired

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