Ottawa (Bytown), 1857

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Ottawa (Bytown), 1857

Item ID number:

3968646

Hierarchical level:

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Date:

ca. 1857.

Reference:

R13281-3-8-E, Volume number: 2

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

3968646

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P.M. O'Leary Collection

Ottawa (Bytown), 1857
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Record Information – Details
Date(s):

ca. 1857.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 wood engraving : newspaper clipping
1 watercolour ; monochrome grey wash with pen and black ink and charcoal over pencil on wove paper laid down onto cardboard 17 x 23.7 cm (image).

Language of material:

English

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Image depicts a landscape view of Ottawa (Bytown) in 1857, from Barrack Hill, with a view of houses and the river.
Drawing is after the wood engraving "Ottawa, the Proposed New Seat of the Canadian Government" which appeared in the "Illustrated London News" on April 25, 1857. Clipping is attached to the mount.

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Artist: O'Leary, P.M. active 1853-1882

Publisher: Illustrated London News
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General Note:

Acquired sometime before the initial cataloguing date of 1/5/20, written on the verso.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed.
Recto, l.r.: P.M. O'Leary
Recto, l.c.: OTTAWA (BYTOWN) 1857.

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Ottawa (Ont.)

ONT., BYTOWN - GENERAL
Source:

Private
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R13281]

[Consultation 90 Open]

2 Item no. assigned by LAC 3

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright : expired
Credit : Library and Archives Canada, R13281-3

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