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Montreal, the Seat of Lord Amherst

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Item

Date:

1777.

Reference:

R7484-2-5-E, Volume number: 22

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3984694

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Fonds Gustave Lanctôt

Montreal, the Seat of Lord Amherst
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Date(s):

1777.

Place:

London:

Place of creation:

United Kingdom

Publisher:

G. Kearsly,

Extent:

1 print : engraving

Language of material:

English

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Engraving 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.
In this image, the house is shown from a distance, surrounded by trees. There is a man on a horse in the centre foreground.
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Artist: Sandby, Paul, 1725-1809

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

Engraver: Watts, William 1752-1851

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

Recto, l.l.: P. Sandby R.A. pinx.t
Recto, l.r.: W. Watts sculp.t
Recto, l.c.: MONTREAL, the Seat of LORD AMHERST. / Published according to Act of Parliament by G. Kearsly, No. 46, in Fleet Street, May 1, 1777.

Related material:

For a colour version of this print, see acc. no. 1988-047-1.
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landscape

ENGLAND - KENT, MONTREAL
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2009-00906-1
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R7484]

[Consultation 90 Open]

22 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright : expired
Credit : Library and Archives Canada, acc. no. R7484-1

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