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A View of the City of Quebec

Courtesy of Toronto Public Library. | Public Domain

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Date

1785

Artist

James Peachy (active 1780-1787)

Collection

Toronto Public Library

Image Link

https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-OHQ2-PICTURES-S-R-12&R=DC-OHQ2-PICTURES-S-R-12

Description

A less finished watercolour variant of this view by Peachey is in Royal Ontario Museum (Allodi 1974 #1441; 954.171). An aquatint after Peachey of this view was published in London, ca 1785. (See Library and Archives Canada 'Archives Canada Microfiches', Microfiche 2 No. 41; Neg. No. C-40839). See Peachey notes. Inscribed in ink, l.l.: Jas. Peachey 1785; b.: A View of the City of Quebec the Capital of Canada, taken from the Rock on Point Levis Octr. 23rd. 1784
Medium: Watercolour and pen & ink, some scraping out, with ruled border in pen & ink and grey wash on wove paper.

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Public Domain

Image Credit

Courtesy of Toronto Public Library.

Location

Quebec City, Canada

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Cityscapes
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Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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