Collection search - Mouth of the North West Arm and the Entrance of Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia

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Mouth of the North West Arm and the Entrance of Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia

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Date:

1797.

Reference:

Box number: 7551

Item no. (creator):

678

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3951231

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W.H. Coverdale collection of Canadiana

Reproductions of W. H. Coverdale works transferred to the National Gallery of Canada

Mouth of the North West Arm and the Entrance of Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1797.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

3 reproductions : b&w photos of a watercolour

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Landscape image showing the mouth of the north west arm and the entrance of Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, with a ship visible in the centre and two figures standing at the left. C-037216 shows the detail of the artist's initials and date, and C-037217 shows the inscription on the verso.

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Artist: Tobin, George, 1768-1838

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Custodial history:

Original transferred to the National Gallery of Canada.

Location of originals note:

Original in National Gallery, NGC no. 16656.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Recto of original signed and dated in ink, l.r. (C-037216): G.T. 1797., Verso of original, in ink over pencil (C-037217): Mouth of the North West arm, and the entrance of Halifax Harbour Nova Scotia- / taken from the Commissioners Farm (Belmont) - The Chain on a Raft / [at] the mouth of the Arm ---- GT-1797.
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landscape

Halifax Harbour (NS) - maps

Halifax, Havre de (N.-É.)
Source:

Private

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1970-188 PIC
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1970-188 PIC] 7551

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07551 Item no. assigned by LAC 678

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Copy negative [1970-188 PIC] C-037215--C-037217

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Coverdale number : 678.
Copy negative number : C-037215, C-037216, C-037217.
Credit : Please contact National Gallery of Canada for permission to publish.

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