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Billy and Harry Fishing for Whales off Nootka Sound

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

December 23, 1790.

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2838650

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Billy and Harry Fishing for Whales off Nootka Sound
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

December 23, 1790.

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Place:

London (England):

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Publisher:

William Holland,

Extent:

1 print / estampe : Etching

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A copper plate etching concerning the Nootka Sound controversy (1789-91) between Britain and Spain over sovereignty of the North west coast of America and navigational rights in Nootka Sound. It depicts British Prime Minister Pitt and Navy Treasurer Sir Henry Dundas in a rowboat using million pound sterling bags as bait tied to a fishing line., e-copy number e000996135

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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. P1053

Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available
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British Columbia

political

social
Source:

Private

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03504
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
No restrictions on access or on use for reproduction or publication

Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 3504

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [03504] C-150722

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-3504 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: Expired

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