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Title

Quebec from Spencer Wood

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Item (linked) part of

Drawings, watercolors and lithographs by Mary Louisa Lambton Bruce [graphic material] (R977-29-2-E)

Date(s)

[1851-1852]

Place

Quebec

Place of creation

Québec (Province)

Extent

1 watercolour: pencil and watercolour on wove paper; 16.5x24 cm

Language of material

English

Scope and content

A riverscape depicting a view of Wolfe's Cove along the St. Lawrence River. There are numerous masted vessels in the water and buildings along the shoreline.

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)

99: Closed pending processing

Volume
23 Item no. assigned by LAC 4

99: Closed pending processing

Archival reference no.

R977-221-5-E

Terms of use

Credit: Library and Archives Canada, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, and family fonds (R977). Copyright: expired/périmé.

Additional name(s)

Artist: Hamilton, Augustus Terrick, d. ca. 1858.

Additional information

Physical description note

Item was framed in the 1850s.

Signatures and inscriptions

Inscription on the verso: By Capt A.T. Hamilton / Quebec from Spencer Wood / 1852. Title written in pencil on the wood backing of the framed work and in ink on the framer's label (Samuel Jennings, Carver, Gilder & Printseller, Manchester Square, London).

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3994887