Collection search - IIa Vue of Canada (2nd View of Canada)

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IIa Vue of Canada (2nd View of Canada)

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Item

Date:

ca 1780.

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3025404

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

IIa Vue of Canada (2nd View of Canada)
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Date(s):

ca 1780.

Place of creation:

France

Extent:

1 print / estampe : engraving on laid paper
Support 31.600 x 22.500 cm

Language of material:

French

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Romanticized and inaccurate depiction of two native men. One of the men is in a cape, wearing a kilt-like bottom and a hat, and the other is nude. Both are barefooted and carry a walking stick. Exotic plants and a large body of water can be seen in the background., The image is in an oval vignette., For another copy of this print, please see R9266-2379.
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Artist: Coxen

Engraver: Test active 1780-1800
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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. P2028.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed., Inscription: in the plate, recto l.l.:Peint par Coxen.; l.r.:Grave par Test.; b.:IIa VUE DE CANADA (complete transcription)
Subject heading:

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Indian

other

autre
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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02383
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Graphic (art)

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No restrictions on access for use in publication or reproduction

Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 2383

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada / Bibilothèque et Archives Canada (R9266-2383) Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: expired/périmé

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