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Black Hawk from Hudson's Bay

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Item

Date:

1740

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3018753

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Black Hawk from Hudson's Bay
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Date(s):

1740

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print / estampe : etching with watercolour
Support 29.200 x 22.600 cm
Image 23.500 x 19.000 cm

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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 also etched and hand-coloured the plates and wrote the accompanying text.

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Artist: Edwards, George, 1694-1773

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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. P336

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: inscribed in the plate. l.l.; the Black Hawk from hudons [sic] bay. l.c.; G Edwards, 4 [plate number]. l.r.; Aug 31 1740 [in reverse].

Subject heading:

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animal

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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02512
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Graphic (art)

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

Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 2512

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-2512 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
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