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One Locomotive with Cars (Freight Train) passing Palm Trees with Water and Ships in the background

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Date:

1847-1858.

Reference:

R5500-348-2-E

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3023587

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Andrew Audubon Merrilees fonds

Merrilees photographic and art collection

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One Locomotive with Cars (Freight Train) passing Palm Trees with Water and Ships in the background
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Date(s):

1847-1858.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Place of printing:

New York

Extent:

1 print / estampe : steel engraving on wove paper
Support 7.000 x 4.800 cm
Secondary support 30.500 x 23.900 cm

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One of eleven Vignettes for steel engravings of locomotives, train-yards, all mounted on one support., The engraving firm evolved from Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Co. formed in 1832, becoming Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, Bank Note Engravers in 1847. It was the fore-runner of the American Bank Note Co. established in 1858. It was responsible for the production of the first Canadian postage stamps as well as various early Canadian bank notes and debentures, mirroring comparable work conducted in the United States.

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Artist: Unknown

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General note:

set: Eleven Vignettes for steel engravings mounted on one support, vignette j: b.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed., Inscription: Inscribed in the print, b.: Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New York.
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Transportation

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Private
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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R5500-50
Copyright: Expired

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