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Title

The First Railway Train to Come into Montreal, Montreal & Lachine Railroad, Nov. 19, 1847 [graphic material]

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Arrangement structure

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Item (linked) part of

Molson fonds [multiple media] (R3088-0-4-E)

Date(s)

mid to late 20th century

Place of creation

Québec (Province)

Extent

1 reproduction : photomechanical reproduction on textured green wove paper 11.5 x 31.8 cm [support].
Support: 31.800 x 11.500 cm (sheet)
Image: 29.500 x 8.200 cm (irregular)

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Photomechanical reproduction of an engraving [wood engraving (?) ] by J. Walker (engraver).
Depicting the first train to come into Montreal, Montreal & Lachine Railroad, Nov. 19,1847.

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)

90: Open

Box
A636-01 Item no. assigned by LAC 4

90: Open

Other accession no.

1982-019 PIC
00004

Terms of use

Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1982-19-4. Copyright: unknown. Source: Molson Companies Limited, Montréal, Québec.

Additional name(s)

Engraver: Walker, J.
Artist: Unknown.

Additional information

Signatures and inscriptions

Inscribed.
Inscribed in the print, l.l. [on image]: J. WALKER, Sc. ; l.r. : THE FIRST RAILWAY TRAIN TO COME INTO MONTREAL, / MONTREAL & LACHINE RAILROAD, Nov. 19, 1847. / FROM AN ENGRAVING BY J. WALKER, MADE AT THE TIME. ; b.: MADE IN CANADA ; COPYRIGHT

Attributions and conjectures

J. Walker is possibly J.H. Walker (active 1871), Montreal wood engraver (Lovell 1871); see Blake McKendry, The New A to Z of Canadian Art, Kingston, McKendry, 2001.

Subject heading

1. Montréal (Québec)
2. transportation.
3. transport.
4. SUBJ. - Transportation : Railway - Train.

Source

Private

Other system control no.

ICON150730

MIKAN no.

2982479