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North America Bear Hunt

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

September 1st, 1813.

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3025471

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

North America Bear Hunt
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

September 1st, 1813.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Place of printing:

London (England):

Extent:

1 print / estampe : coloured engraving and aquatint on wove paper
Support 23.100 x 28.500 cm
Image 16.500 x 21.300 cm

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Four men with rifles are aiming at a bear in a lake from behind a rock in a wooded area. Three hounds are going after the bear., The bottom edge seems to be ripped from a bound source., According to the Sotheby's inventory list, this image is from a later edition of Orme's Foreign Field Sports, plate 13. For another copy of this image, please see R9266-3449.
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Artist: Samuel, Howitt 1756-1822

Engraver: Dubourg, Matthew, fl. 1786-1838
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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. P353.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: in the plate, recto l.l.:Howitt Del.; b.:NORTH AMERICA BEAR HUNT./Published & Sold Sepr. 1st. 1813, by Edwd. Orme, Bond St. London.; l.r.:Dubourg Sculpt. (complete transcription)
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Hunting

Chasse
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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03448
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Graphic (art)

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Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 3448

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada / Bibilothèque et Archives Canada (R9266-3448) Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: expired/périmé

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