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The Owl's Head (Lake Memphremagog)

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Date:

1840.

Reference:

Box number: A307-02

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2876923

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W.H. Coverdale collection of Canadiana

The Owl's Head (Lake Memphremagog)
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Date(s):

1840.

Place:

26 Ivy Lane, London (England):

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Publisher:

George Virtue,

Place of printing:

London (England):

Extent:

1 print / estampe : engraving hand-coloured
Support 20.200 x 27.300 cm
Image 12.000 x 18.300 cm

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Discoloured. Brown parcel tape along upper edge, verso. Canada Steamship Lines stamp embossed l.l., Bartlett's Canadian prints were originally published in Nathaniel P. Willis' Canadian Scenery, published in London in 1840 and republished in several editions thereafter. Most first editions have only English captions while subsequent editions have tri-lingual captions.
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Artist: Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854

Engraver: Richardson, G. K., fl. 1840-1841

Publisher: Virtue, George, 1793-1868

Printer: Clay, Richard, fl. 1840-1842
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General note:

publication: Willis, N.P., Canadian Scenery, Vol. II, London, 1842, p. 6.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: Inscribed in the print, lower border, "W.H. Bartlett. G.K. Richardson. The Owl's Head (Lake Memphremagog.)" [Title repeated in French and German.] "... Geo: Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane, 1840."
Subject heading:

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Québec

landscape

paysage

Québec, Lake Memphremagog
Source:

Private

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1970-188 PIC
00910
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Physical access through an art archivist. No restriction on use for reproduction or publication

Box [1970-188]

[Consultation 90 Open]

A307-02 Item no. assigned by LAC 910

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1970-188]

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-041573 Item no. assigned by LAC 910

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1970-188-910 W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: Expired

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