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The White Tailed Eagle from Hudson's Bay

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Date:

1741

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3018750

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

The White Tailed Eagle from Hudson's Bay
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Date(s):

1741

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print / estampe : etching
Support 29.300 x 22.600 cm
Image 23.800 x 18.700 cm

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animal study, This is a plate from A Natural History of Uncommon Birds (London, 1743-1751) by George Edwards, known as the "Father of British Ornithology." Edwards made the drawings on which the prints are based. He slo etched and hand-coloured the plates and wrote the accompanying text. See R9266-2517 for another copy of this print.

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Artist: Edwards, George, 1694-1773

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Inscription: Inscribed in the plate. b.; The white tailed Eagle from Hudsons [sic] Bay. Published September. 1741. G. Edwards. l.c.; 1 [plate number]. l.l.; May 4 1740 [in reverse]

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animal

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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02509
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
No restrictions on access for use in publication or reproduction

Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 2509

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-2509 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
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