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Fall of Montmorenci, 246 perpendicular Feet

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Date:

1796.

Reference:

R13133-381-1-E, Volume number: 43

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3987722

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Canadian Historical Prints and Watercolours Collection

Fall of Montmorenci, 246 perpendicular Feet
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Date(s):

1796.

Place:

Romney Row, St. John's, Westminster:

Place of creation:

United Kingdom

Publisher:

J.W. Edy,

Extent:

1 print : etching and aquatint, handcoloured with watercolour

Language of material:

English

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See F. St. George Spendlove, The Early Face of Canada, p. 22-25, for a discussion of Six Views of North America, prints after Fisher.
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Artist: Fisher, George Bulteel, 1764-1834

Engraver: Edy, John William, fl. 1780-1820
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Note on the state of conservation:

This print is in good condition, with slight marking around the border from previous framing.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: in the plate, l.l.: G.B.Fifher delin[^t].; b.: Pub[^d].Feb[^y].1,1796,by J.W.Edy, N[^o].2,Romney Row, S[^t].John's, Wefminfter. / FALL OF MONTMORENCI; 246,perpendicular Feet.; l.r.: J.W.Edy Aquatinta.

Verso, l.r., manuscript pencil: Below Quebec in the / Lower St. Lawrence

Related material:

There are several copies of this print in LAC collections. See acc. no's 1989-514-48, 1989-598-1, 1970-188-987, 1989-599-1, and R9266-819.
Acc. no. 1989-600-6 is a copy of the 1809 edition.
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landscape

Québec, Montmorenci Falls
Source:

Private
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R13133]

[Consultation 90 Open]

43 Item no. assigned by LAC 367

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright : expired
Credit : Library and Archives Canada, R13133-367

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