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Gran Grue Della Baia D'Hudson

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Item

Date:

ca. 1760-1780

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3018781

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Gran Grue Della Baia D'Hudson
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Date(s):

ca. 1760-1780

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print / estampe : etching
Support 31.100 x 21.200 cm
Platemark x cm

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Note: etching by the Florentine engraver Andrea Scacciati who was active in the 1760's and 1770's. Noted for his prints reproducing the important drawings of the Uffizi Gallery. He also engraved several important and rare maps of the Americas, in particular one of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. His work was included in the publication Alante dell'America, 1777, containing 45 plates. The source of this print is not known. Note that the bird stands on a representation of its own bill.
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Artist: Unknown

Engraver: Scacciati, Andrea, 1725-1771
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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. P345

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: Inscribed in the plate. l.l.; Andr: Scacciata inc; in banner. u.c.; GRAN GRUE ["U" is written "V"] DELLA BAIA D'HUDSON ["Uis written "V"] blind stamps. u.l.; illegible. l.l.; illegible.

Source:

Private

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02528
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Graphic (art)

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

Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 2528

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-2528 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: expired

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