Hawkins's picture of Quebec : with historical recollections.
Published / Created:
Quebec : Printed for the proprietor by Neilson & Cowan, 1834.
Physical Description:
viii, [4], 477, [1] pages, [12] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsF1054.5.Q3 H39 1834Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Lithographs by Robert Auchmaty Sproule; after Alexander Jamieson Russell, William S. Sewell and Captain Alderson.With an added lithographed title page.Compiled, and in part written, by J.C. Fisher. See: Preface.Last page blank.BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's blue-green cloth, with printed spine label. Autograph: Theo. R. Satterthwait, February 1835.BEIN Egdh Q3 834: Presentation inscription from Alfred Hawkins to Benjamin Silliman.
Contents:
Plates: Views of Quebec from Beauport -- Suffolk seal -- Castle St. Lewis -- Hope-Gate -- Dalhousie-Gate -- Officers barracks -- St. Johns-Gate -- Prescot-Gate -- St. Lewis-Gate -- Palace-Gate -- Parliament House -- Marine Hospital -- Quebec Harbor.
Subject Terms:
Québec (Québec) -- Description and travel. | Québec (Québec) -- History. | Neilson & Cowan -- Printer. | Hawkins, Alfred, d. 1854 -- Presentation inscription to B. Silliman. | Silliman, Benjamin, 1779–1864 -- Presentation inscription from A. Hawkins. | Satterthwait, Theo. R. -- Autograph.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- 1834.
Contributors:
Fisher, John Charlton, -1849, author. | Alderson, active 1834, illustrator. | Russell, Alexander Jamieson, 1807– illustrator. | Sewell, William S., 1798–1866, illustrator. | Sproule, Robert Auchmuty, -1845, lithographer. | Neilson Cowan, printer.