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Montreal, Seat of Lord Amherst of Holmsdale (reproduction)

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Date:

n.d.

Reference:

R13133-351-3-E, Volume number: 39

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

3984683

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Canadian Historical Prints and Watercolours Collection

Montreal, Seat of Lord Amherst of Holmsdale (reproduction)
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Date(s):

n.d.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print : photomechanical reproduction

Language of material:

English

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Photomechanical reproduction of a print (original c. 1777) depicting a view of an estate in England, the seat of Lord Amherst of Holmsdale. Maj. General Jeffrey Amherst (1717-1797) commanded the forces that took Montreal in 1759. He was created Baron Amherst of Holmesdale in 1776. Amherst rebuilt the house on his family estate, naming it Montreal.
The estate is shown in the distance in the landscape, while in the foreground, on the right, a group of sheep graze at the foot of a tree.

This view, with the sheep in the foreground, corresponds to an original print engraved by Royce (see acc. no. 1990-053-4). The original print engraved by Watts, after Sandby (see, for example, acc. no. 1988-047-1) depicts a closer view, with a man on a horse in the foreground. This reproduction corresponds to the Royce engraving, so the attribution of Watts here seems incorrect.
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Artist: Sandby, Paul, 1725-1809

Depicted: Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

Engraver: Royce, I active ca. 1780, attributed to

Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797
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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Recto, l.l.: T. [P?] Sandby Del.t
Recto, l.r.: Hungarian Sheep. / W. Watts sculp.t
Recto, l.c.: Montreal, Seat of Lord [coat of arms] Amherst of Holmsdale.

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ENGLAND - KENT, MONTREAL

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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R13133]

[Consultation 90 Open]

39 Item no. assigned by LAC 337

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright : expired
Credit : Library and Archives Canada, R13133-337

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