Collection search - Attack of Fort Oswego, on Lake Ontario, North America, May 6th, 1814

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Attack of Fort Oswego, on Lake Ontario, North America, May 6th, 1814

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Date:

1817.

Reference:

R13133-331-8-E, Volume number: 30

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3974585

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Canadian Historical Prints and Watercolours Collection

Attack of Fort Oswego, on Lake Ontario, North America, May 6th, 1814
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1817.

Place:

London:

Place of creation:

United Kingdom

Publisher:

R. Havell,

Extent:

1 print : colour aquatint ; 34.5 x 43.5 cm (sheet).

Language of material:

English

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Aquatint of unknown provenance depicting soldiers attacking Fort Oswego from Lake Ontario on May 6th, 1814. The view is of several large ships on the water, with the fort visible in the distance.
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Artist: Steele, Captain William 1777-1827

Engraver: Havell, R. & Son
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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: Recto, l.l.: Drawn by Capt[^n] Steele; l.r.: Engraved by R. Havell & Son.; l.c.: ATTACK OF FORT OSWEGO, ON LAKE ONTARIO, NORTH AMERICA, / May 6[^th], 1814. / Published April 8th, 1817, for the Proprietor, by R. Havell, 3 Chapel Street, Tottenham Court Road.

Related material:

For other copies of this print, see accessions 1992-462, R7908, and R9266.
For the accompanying print, see R13133-316.
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Historical events - 1814 - CAPTURE OF FORT OSWEGO

Military Activity
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Graphic (art)

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Volume [R13133]

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30 Item no. assigned by LAC 317

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Copyright : expired
Credit : Library and Archives Canada, R13133-317

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