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A View of Quebec from the Bason

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

ca. 1780

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3021432

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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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Record information – Details
Date(s):

ca. 1780

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print / estampe : engraving with watercolour
Support 19.800 x 26.400 cm
Image 14.400 x 24.200 cm
Platemark x cm

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This print appears to have been folded to fit into the publication. Note the counter-impression from the letterpress on the verso., This print is based on the engraving by P.C. Canot, (after a composition by Francis Swaine, who based his work on a drawing by Hervey Smyth). See P1347 for a copy of the Canot engraving.
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Artist: Swaine, Francis, d. 1782

Engraver: Smyth, Hervey, 1734-1811
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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. P1712

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: Inscribed in the plate. l.c.; A View of Quebec from the Bason.
Subject heading:

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landscape

paysage
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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02092
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Graphic (art)

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

Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 2092

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-2092 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: expired/périmé

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