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The Picta Antelope or Nylgau, and the Beaver

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Item

Date:

August 16, 1800.

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3025380

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

The Picta Antelope or Nylgau, and the Beaver
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Date(s):

August 16, 1800.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Place of printing:

London

Extent:

1 print / estampe : hand coloured engraving on wove paper
Support 26.800 x 21.700 cm

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Anatomically inaccurate depiction of a picta antelope and a beaver in a lush landscape by a river. Small dome-like dwellings are seen in the distance on l.r. This image is a coloured version of R9266-2542., Left edge is torn from a bookbinding.

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Engraver: Pass, J

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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. P359.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: in the plate, recto t.:CAPRA.; u.r.:Plate II.; b.:The Picta Antelope or Nylgau, and the Beaver./London. Pubished as the Act directs. Aug.16.1800. by J.Wilkes.; l.r.:J.Pass sculp. (complete transcription)

Subject heading:

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animal

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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02543
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Graphic (art)

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

Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 2543

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada / Bibilothèque et Archives Canada (R9266-2543) Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: Expired / expiré

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