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Muskoka: The Picturesque Playground of Canada

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

1883.

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3025702

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Muskoka: The Picturesque Playground of Canada
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Date(s):

1883.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Place of printing:

Toronto

Extent:

1 print / estampe : lithograph on wove paper
Support 27.500 x 37.700 cm

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This is a set of 11 lithographs done by Edward Roper. There are additional front and back cover pages. The illustration on the front cover shows a birch bark canoe with a paddle and a pile of fish in the foreground, overlooking a landscape with a lake. On verso of this cover, there are advertisements for various businesses in Muskoka., The covers especially are worn and torn on the edges. The set is unbound, and needs conservation treatment.

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Artist: Roper, Edward, 1857-1891

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General note:

set: Muskoka:The Picturesque Playground of Canada, by Edward Roper, 1883.

Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. P2161

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: on recto, on the stone, t.:MUSKOKA:/THE PICTURESQUE PLAYGROUND OF CANADA./BY EDWARD ROPER ·1883· (complete transcription)
Subject heading:

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landscape

paysage
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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01479
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Graphic (art)

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

Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 1479

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada / Bibilothèque et Archives Canada (R9266-1479) Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: expired/périmé

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