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Falls on the St. John River

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Date:

1842

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

2926917

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Illustrated books, albums and scrapbooks

Falls on the St. John River
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Date(s):

1842

Place:

26 Ivy Lane, London (England):

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print / estampe : steel engraving on wove paper
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Bartlett's Canadian prints were originally published in Nathaniel P. Willis' Canadian Scenery, published in London in 1840 and republished in several editions thereafter. Most first editions have only English captions while subsequent editions have tri-lingual captions.
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Artist: Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854

Engraver: Cousen, Charles, ca. 1819-1889

Publisher: Virtue, George, 1793-1868
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General note:

publication: N.P. Willis, "Canadian Scenery", Vol. 2, London, 1842, fac. p.98
In: Willis, N.P. "Canadian Scenery", London, 1842, Vol.II p. 98 (unverified)
Engraved: C. Cousen (unverified)

Attributions and conjectures:

This print is after a work by artist William Henry Bartlett.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: in the plate, l.l.: W.H. Bartlett.; l.r.: C. Cousen.; l.c.: Falls on the St. John river.; l.l.: CASCADES DE LA RIVIERE S - JEAN.; l.r.: DER WASSERFALL DES FLUSSES ST, JOHN.; b.: London, Published for the Proprietors, by Geo: Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane, 1842. (complete inscription)

Related material:

A copy of Volume 1 of Nathaniel Parker Willis' Canadian Scenery Illustrated is stored in container 2000859331 (accession number 1997-476-60) and a second copy is in container 2000859333 (accession number 1997-476-62). Two copies of Volume 2 are also available, one in container 2000859332 (accession number 1997-476-61) and the other in container 2000859334 (accession number 1997-476-63).

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Falls on the St. John River
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landscape

paysage

Saint John River (Me. and N.B.)

Saint-Jean, Rivière (Maine et N.-B.)
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Private
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Copy negative C-002400

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada
Copyright: Expired

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