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View of the Houses of Parliament and Government Offices

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Date:

c. 1836.

Reference:

R13133-374-4-E, Volume number: 42

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2934323

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Canadian Historical Prints and Watercolours Collection

View of the Houses of Parliament and Government Offices
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Date(s):

c. 1836.

Place:

New York:

Place of creation:

United States

Publisher:

N. Currier's Lith.,

Extent:

1 print : lithograph ; 30.5 x 45.7 cm (image).

Language of material:

English

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This is an image of the Parliament Houses in Toronto. Soldiers walk in succession on the right of this image. The buildings are on the left, where people stand oustide of the building outside the surrounding fence.
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Artist: Young, Thomas active ca. 1835-1860

Lithographer: Hewitt, W.K

Publisher: Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888
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General note:

According to a note in the artist file, the original catalogue card for the item is dated 23/7/31, meaning the item (which is of unknown provenance) would have been acquired before that date.
Copy negative number: C-001667
Inventory number: II-3
Old location note: 11-C-11

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: Prints for the People: Prints by Currier and Ives. Curator: Jane Fullerton, The New Brunswick Museum, St-John, New Brunswick; 1993.09.05-1993.10.31.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Recto, l.l.: THOMAS YOUNG ARCHI.T DEL.T TORONTO, U.C., 1835.
Recto, l.c.: W.K. HEWITT, DELT. ON STONE. / VIEW OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES, / CITY OF TORONTO, U.C. / To His Excellency Major General Sir John Colborne, K.C.B. &c &c &c Governor of Upper Canada. / This plate is by permission inscribed / By his Ob. H.ble Servant, / Thomas Young.
Recto, l.r.: H. CURRIER'S LITH. NO. 1, WALL ST. N.Y.

Related material:

For another copy of this print, see acc. no. R9266-1246.
For other Thomas Young prints, see C-001669, C-001666, and C-001668.
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ONT., TORONTO - BUILDINGS, PARLIAMENT III

Architecture
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Private
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Graphic (art)

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Volume [R13133]

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42 Item no. assigned by LAC 360

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Copy negative [R13133] C-001667

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Copyright: Expired
Credit: Library and Archives Canada, acc. no. R13133-360

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