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Greenland Seal Catching

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Date:

May 1st, 1813.

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3025473

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Greenland Seal Catching
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Date(s):

May 1st, 1813.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Place of printing:

London (England):

Extent:

1 print / estampe : coloured engraving and aquatint on wove paper
Support 22.600 x 33.000 cm
Image 17.000 x 21.700 cm

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A man on a kayak is on an ocean, aiming at two seals with his harpoon. There are icebergs in the background., There are fingerprints on the border., According to the Sotheby's inventory list, this image is from a later edition of Orme's Foreign Field Sports, plate 7.
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Artist: Clark, John Heaviside, 1770-1863

Engraver: Dubourg, Matthew, fl. 1786-1838
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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. P356.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: in the plate, recto l.l.:J.H. Clark Del.; b.:GREENLAND SEAL CATCHING./Published & Sold May 1st. 1813, by Edwd. Orme, Bond Street London.; l.r.:M. Dubourg Sculpt. (complete transcription)
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Hunting

Chasse
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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03450
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Graphic (art)

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Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 3450

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada / Bibilothèque et Archives Canada (R9266-3450) Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: expired/périmé

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