Bay Bulls [top]; Cape Spear [bottom left]; The Entrance of St. John's Harbour [bottom centre]; Cape Spear [botton right]

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Bay Bulls [top]; Cape Spear [bottom left]; The Entrance of St. John's Harbour [bottom centre]; Cape Spear [botton right]

Item ID number:

2833976

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

9 September 1786

Reference:

R5434

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2833976

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Logbook of H.M.S. Pegasus

Bay Bulls [top]; Cape Spear [bottom left]; The Entrance of St. John's Harbour [bottom centre]; Cape Spear [botton right]
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Date(s):

9 September 1786

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

4 watercolours on 1 page: pen and ink wash over pencil on paper [top, bottom left, bottom centre and bottom right]
Support 37.800 x 24.800 cm
Image 7.600 x 37.200 cm
Image 8.500 x 13.100 cm
Image x Not applicable
Image 8.500 x 13.300 cm

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Artist: Meres, James S., 1766 or 1767-1836

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General Note:

Removed from: sketchbook: "The Log Book of His Majesty's Ship Pegasus" p.95

Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription, b.: [top] A The Bay of Bulls bearing WNW; view keyed: A, Inscription, b.: [bottom left] Thus appears Cape Spear bearing N 1/2 E 2 Miles, Inscription, b.: [bottom centre] Thus appears the Fall of Water/on the Larboard hand/Entering St John's Harbour, Inscription, b.: [bottom right] Thus appears Cape Spear when abreast

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Newfoundland and Labrador

NFLD., BAY BULLS
Source:

Private
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Graphic (art)

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Physical access through Manuscript Division MG 23, J 7, as items are in Album. No restrictions on use for publication or reproduction

Copy negative [R5434] C-002538

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada: C-002538
Copyright: Expired

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Bay Bulls [top]; Cape Spear [bottom left]; The Entrance of St. John's Harbour [bottom centre]; Cape Spear [botton right]

Bay Bulls [top]; Cape Spear [bottom left]; The Entrance of St. John's Harbour [bottom centre]; Cape Spear [botton right]