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A view of Lake Erie, from Buffalo

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Date:

1820

Reference:

R13157-7-5-E, Volume number: 4

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2937013

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Miscellaneous collection of watercolours and drawings of unknown provenance

A view of Lake Erie, from Buffalo
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Date(s):

1820

Place of creation:

United States

Extent:

1 watercolour / aquarelle : 27.8 x 44.9 cm.

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Watercolour of unknown provenance, by the American portrait, landscape and miniature artist, Charles Fraser. He was based predominantly in Charleston, South Carolina, and also worked in Boston, MA, Columbia, SC, and New York, NY.

Image is a landscape scene showing a view of Lake Erie from Buffalo, New York, with a lighthouse, animals in a field, and several boats on the water. Two Aboriginal men in costumes are shown seated in the foreground.

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Artist: Fraser, Charles, 1782-1860

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General note:

By C. Fraser
Copy negative number: C-001841
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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Signed. Dated. Inscribed.
Recto, l.r. within image: C.F. / 1820
Recto, strip of paper attached to mount, in manuscript ink: No. 1 / A view of Lake Erie , from Buffalo

Related material:

For another landscape watercolour by Fraser, see C-001842.
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landscape

LAKE ERIE/N.Y., BUFFALO, PARTS OF CITY
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Private
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Graphic (art)

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To be viewed with the assistance of an art archivist.

Volume [R13157]

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4 Item no. assigned by LAC 7

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Copyright: Expired
Credit: Library and Archives Canada, acc. no. R13157-7

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