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La ville et le port de Louisbourg, cap Breton

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Date:

1766

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

2898539

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

La ville et le port de Louisbourg, cap Breton
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Date(s):

1766

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 dessin : plume et encre sur papier couché
Support 37.800 x 55.100 cm

Language of material:

no language

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Image depicting the fortress at Louisbourg, seen from across a field. The image contains little numbers that refer to the list found in the lower part of the work which enumerates important sites, buildings and other things., Item is fairly dirty around the edges and on its left and right extremities.

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Artist: Wright, Thomas connu 1763-1789

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Sotheby's inventory no. P2833

Exhibitions note:

Titre d'exposition: La collection Peter Winkworth d'oeuvres canadiennes, Rivages rocheux et mer houleuse - La région de l'Atlantique. Conservateur : Jim Burant, Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2006.03.05-04.22.2007.

Lieu de présentation supplémentaire: Centre des Arts de la confédération, Charlottetown, l'île du Prince-Édouard ; 2005.09.17- 2005.11.27.

Lieu de présentation supplémentaire : The Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, Nouveau-Brunswick; 2006.06.16-2006.09.03.

Lieu de présentation supplémentaire : The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John's Terre-Neuve et Labrador; 2007.02.02-2007.04.22.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscrit. Daté., Inscription: à l'encre noire, recto b.c.: A North West View of the Town and Harbour of Louisbourg on the Island of Cape Breton in North America.; b.d.: Taken and Drawn in the Year 1766 By Tho: Wright: / Deputy Surveyor of the Northern District of America.; b.c.: References [liste de 11 pièces séparées en deux colonnes. La colonne de gauche contient les pièces 1 à 5; la colonne de droite, les pièces 6 à 11] 1. The Citadel / 2. The Blockhouse / 3. The Ruins of the Fortifications / 4. The French Intendants House / 5. Port Frederick / 6. The Nunnery / 7. The Hospital / 8. The Lighthouse / 9. The Island Battery / 10. The Green Island / 11. The Venus Surveying Sloop; (complete transcription)
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vue de ville

Nouvelle-Écosse
Source:

Private

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00432
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Aucune restriction sur l'accès ou sur l'utilisation pour reproduction ou publication.

Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 432

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [00432] C-150287

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Crédit: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, no d'acc R9266-432 Collection de Canadiana Peter Winkworth
Droit d'auteur: Expiré

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