- View of Quebec
- Creator:
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- George Heriot (1759-1839), watercolors; F.C. Lewis, J.C. Stadler, engravers
- Description:
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- Hand-colored aquatint, one line engraving From Travels through the Canadas, Containing a Description of the Picturesque Scenery on Some of the Rivers and Lakes; with an Account of the productions, Commerce, and Inhabitants of those Provinces London: Richard Phillips, 1807
- Curatorial Notes:
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- At the time of publication in 1807, British Parliament had only 15 years earlier divided the dominion of Canada into “upper” (present-day, English-speaking Ontario) and “lower” (present-day, French-speaking Quebec) regions, each with its own government. The city of Quebec, the subject of this panorama, became the administrative capital of Lower Canada and despite the idyllic scene here, a center for unrest as French Canadians such as Pierre-Stanislas Bédard fought for their sovereignty within the British system, a struggle that continues to this day.
- Photography:
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- David Kelly Crow
- Identifier:
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- ark:/88435/m039kb287
- Edm rights:
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- No Known Copyright
- Range label:
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- Logical