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The North West View of the City of Montreal

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Item (Accession level)

Date:

1803

Reference:

Accession number: 00002, 1993-356 X DAP, Box number: A065-01

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2929261

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Richard Dillon collection

The North West View of the City of Montreal
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Date(s):

1803

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print / estampe : aquatint : monochrome in black ink on white (now discoloured paper) ; (C-010537) ; 37.2 x 55.0 cm.
Image 30.000 x 50.000 cm

Language of material:

no language
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Artist: Dillon, Richard, fl. 1781-1811

Engraver: Alken, Samuel, 1784-
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Original extent note:

Print is laid down to secondary support of white paper which is hinged to windowed mat.

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: Montréal, le Québec et la Révolution Francaise. Curator: Nicole Lemay, La Maison de la Culture du Parc Frontenac, Montreal, Quebec; 1989.05.24-1989.09.04.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscribed in the print, [below image] l.l.: R. Dillon delin[^t]. ; l.r.: S. Alken fecit ; b.: The North West View of the City of Montreal / To His Excell[^y]. Sir ROBERT SHORE MILNES Bar[^t]. LIEU[^T]. GOV[^R]. of Lower Canada [etc. etc. etc.] / This Print is Humbly Inscribed by / His Excellency's most obedient humble Servant. Richard Dillon / Published as the Act directs, March 1[^st]. 1803. Inscribed on mat in pencil : Richard Dillon II-2 / C-10537.

Associated material note:

Similar print is in Coverdale collection, accession number: 1970-188-2285 (C-041178) ; there is a colour transparency available for this print, note print is a monochrome black and white print therefore not true colour is shown in the transparency.
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Québec

cityscape

vue de ville
Source:

Private

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121-080199-X
1993-356 x DAP

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00002
1993-356 X DAP
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Consultation with the assistance of an art archivist. No restrictions on use for reproduction

Box [1993-356]

[Consultation 90 Open]

A065-01 Item no. assigned by LAC 2

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1993-356]

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-010537 Item no. assigned by LAC 2

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1993-356-2
Copyright: Expired

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