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Auction 180, Lot 101
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"A View of Quebec from the Bason",

Subject: Quebec City, Canada

Period: 1760 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8.7 x 5.6 inches
22.1 x 14.2 cm
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This lovely view depicts Quebec during the French and Indian War. Based on a painting by Naval artist and designer Francis Swaine (itself based on a drawing by Hervey Smythe), the engraving presents a British square-rigger in the St. Lawrence River with a view of Quebec in the background. Engraved by Peter Rooker.

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Condition: B+

On a lightly toned sheet.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $80

Closed on 11/18/2020

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