[Illustrations of Ontario and Québec].
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Description
- Title
- [Illustrations of Ontario and Québec].
- Published / Created
- [circa 1808]
- Publication Place
- Ontario ; Quebeć
- Abstract
-
Pencil, pen and ink, pen and wash, and watercolor illustrations in a sketchbook, unsigned, by an unidentified artist of Ontario and Québec, Canada, circa 1808. Depicted are Newfoundland, “carrioles [sic] (carriages) of lower Canada”, “sledge of lower Canada”, “calash (carriage) of lower Canada”, Montmorency Falls on the Montmorency River, Church of Saint Ann, Saint Helen’s Island, “a pipe tomahak [sic]”, the home of Sir Jon Johnson, Fort Chambly, Chaudière Falls on the Ottawa River, the church and mills at Terrebonne, a canoe, Fort Saint Joseph, a dwelling house of the North West Company, Lake Huron, Fort William (a fur trading post of the North West Company), Lake Erie, the mountains near Lake Champlain, and Quebec City. Four illustrations are of unidentified individuals; one illustration is of three unidentified Indigenous people. Inscribed on the front endpaper: “Begun at Quebec, the 9th March 1808”.
- Description
-
Manuscript captions in English.
Title devised by cataloger.
Place of creation and date supplied by cataloger. - Provenance
- Purchased from Donald A. Heald on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2020.
- Extent
- 31 drawings in 1 sketchbook : sketchbook 24 x 16 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA MSS S-4271
- Container / Volume
- Box
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Pictorial works
Drawings
Pen and ink drawings
Pen and wash drawings
Pencil drawings
Sketchbooks
Watercolors (paintings) - Material
- pencil, pen and ink, pen and wash, and watercolor prints ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Canada
Champlain, Lake
Erie, Lake
Fort Chambly (Chambly, Québec)
Fort Saint Joseph National Historic Site (Ont.)
Thunder Bay (Ont.)
Huron, Lake (Mich. and Ont.)
Montmorency River (Québec)
Newfoundland and Labrador
Old Fort William (Thunder Bay, Ont.)
Ontario
Ottawa River (Québec and Ont.)
Québec (Québec)
Sainte-Hélène Island (Québec) - Subject (Name)
- North West Company.
- Subject (Topic)
- Indians of North America
- Subjects
-
North West Company
Indians of North America > Canada > Pictorial works
Champlain, Lake > Pictorial works
Erie, Lake > Pictorial works
Fort Chambly (Chambly, Québec) > Pictorial works
Fort Saint Joseph National Historic Site (Ont.)
Thunder Bay (Ont.) > Pictorial works
Huron, Lake (Mich. and Ont.) > Pictorial works
Montmorency River (Québec) > Pictorial works
Newfoundland and Labrador > Pictorial works
Old Fort William (Thunder Bay, Ont.) > Pictorial works
Ontario > Pictorial works
Ottawa River (Québec and Ont.) > Pictorial works
Québec (Québec) > Pictorial works
Sainte-Hélène Island (Québec) > Pictorial works
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Illustrations of Ontario and Québec. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 15560785
- Object ID (OID)
- 32369099