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Goosander

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Date:

1745

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3018755

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Goosander
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Date(s):

1745

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print / estampe : etching with watercolour
Image 23.500 x 18.800 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 also etched and hand coloured the plates, and wrote the accompanying text. This duck is not identified in the He also etched inscription but it is a Goosander (mergus merganser). It is characterized by the hooked, serrated, red bill. The colouring appears to be generally accurate except that the Gossander does not have a red-brown ring across its upper breast as shown in this print.

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Artist: Edwards, George, 1694-1773

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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. P338

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: Inscribed in the plate. l.c.; Published December 1745 by George Edwards / 95 [plate number], in pencil. l.l.; Gossander (two illegible words)

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animal

Source:

Private

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02514
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Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 2514

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-2514 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
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