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The Town and Harbour of Halifax in Nova Scotia as they appear from the opposite shore called Dartmouth

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Date:

1777

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Box number: A178-01/X1

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Art

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Item ID number:

2924362

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Richard Short collection

The Town and Harbour of Halifax in Nova Scotia as they appear from the opposite shore called Dartmouth
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Date(s):

1777

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 B/W print / estampe : engraving
Support 42.200 x 57.300 cm
Image 32.500 x 50.300 cm

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no language

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Copy no. C-000938.
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Copyist (art): Serres, Dominic, 1722-1793

Artist: Short, Richard, fl. 1754-1766

Engraver: Mason, James, 1710-ca. 1780

Publisher: Boydell, John, 1720-1804
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General note:

Same image of this print also in 1990-054-1.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: Serres pinx.R Short delint.Mason sculp./To the Right Honourable George Dunk Earl of Halifax, His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State/This plate representing the Town and Harbour of Halifax in Nova Scotia/As they appear from the opposite shore called Dartmouth/Is most humbly inscribed/ by his Lordship's most devoted servant- R. Short/ 1. St. Paul's 2. St.Mather's 3. Governor's House 4. Market Place 5. George Street 6. Duke Street 7. Major's House & Wharf 888 South Middle and North Batteries/ Published Ap.25th,1777 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London/Representation de la ville et du port de Halifax dans la Nouvelle Ecosse/ comme ils paroifsent du rivage oppose appelle Dartmouth

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The town and harbour of Halifax in Nova Scotia as they appear from the opposite shore called Dartmouth
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Halifax Harbour (N.S.)

Nova Scotia

Halifax, Havre de (N.-É.)
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Private

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00007
1990-056 x DAP
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Nil

Box [1990-056]

[Consultation 90 Open]

A178-01/X1 Item no. assigned by LAC 7

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1990-056]

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-000938 Item no. assigned by LAC 7

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1990-56-7
Copyright: Expired

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