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A View of Quebec from the Bason

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Item

Date:

ca. 1765-1775.

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

3020662

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

A View of Quebec from the Bason
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Date(s):

ca. 1765-1775.

Place:

London (England):

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print / estampe : engraving and etching
Support 38.400 x 53.900 cm
Image 39.700 x 45.100 cm
Platemark x cm
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Copyist (art): Swaine, Francis, d. 1782

Artist: Smyth, Hervey, 1734-1811

Engraver: Canot, Pierre-Charles, 1710-1777
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Sotheby's inventory no. P1347

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Inscription: Inscribed in the plate. l.c.; A View of Quebec / from the Bason. l.r.; Painted from the drawing of Hery. Smith Esq. by Francis Swaine. l.r.; P.C. Canot sculp. b; London Printed for T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, F. Bakewell & H. Parker, opposite Birch in Lane in Cornhil [sic], Robt. Sayer, At the Golden Buck in Fleet Street. Key to the image b. left to right: 1. St. Joseph's / where Genl. Monkton's / Camp was. / 2. English Battery at Point Des peres. / 3. Sellery where the English Forces landed. / 4. Citadel on Cape Diamond. / 5. Castle Battery. / 6. Governor's House. / 7. Jesuit College. / 8. Bishops Palace. / 9. Ruins of the great Cathedral. / 10. Seminary. / 11. Batterys of 70 Guns Mounted on Barbeth. / 12. Hotel Dieu. / 13. Intendants Palace. / 14. Hospital. / 15. Place of Arms to defend ye Bridge of Boats. / 16. Part of Ml. Moncalms [sic] Encampment / on Beauport side. / 17. The Station of Adml. Saunders Fleet. / 18. Point Levey. / 19. The River St. Lawrence between the / town and Point Levey. / 20. Queens Battery. / 21. Dockyard Battery. / 22. Sixty Gun Ship a Building. / 23. Royal Battery. / 24. Landing Place which leads to upper Town. / 25. Dauphin Battery. / 26. Arm'd Hulks of 8 Guns each to / defend the mouth of the River St. / Charles. / 27. The Bason 4 Miles wide. / 28. South Channel./ 29. Point Orleans. / 30. North Channel.
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landscape

paysage
Source:

Private

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02083
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[Consultation90 Open]
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Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 2083

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-2083 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
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