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Anser Canadensis, The Canada Goose

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Date:

ca. 1731-1738.

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

3018864

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Anser Canadensis, The Canada Goose
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Date(s):

ca. 1731-1738.

Place:

London (England):

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print / estampe : engraving in black ink with watercolour
Support 23.000 x 28.000 cm
Image x cm
Platemark 20.200 x 24.800 cm

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This is a plate from A Natural History of Birds by Eleazar Albin. It is a two volume set containing 306 plates published between 1731-1738 in London., Albin and his daughter Elizabeth are responsible for the hand colouring of these plates., The original Albin watercolours on which these prints are based are in Marsh's Library in Dublin, Ireland., There is a counter-impression of text visible on the recto of this print., See R9266-2545 for a variant of this print with a printing in black and blue-grey ink.

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Artist: Eleazar, Albin 1713-1759

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Sotheby's inventory no. P435

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: Inscribed in the plate. l.c.; Anser Canadensis. l.l.; The Canada Goose. l.l.; E. Albin del. u.r.; 92 [plate number]

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animal

Source:

Private

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02525
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Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 2525

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-2525 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
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