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A View of the Bridge Built over the Rivière du Loup, Louiseville, 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-36&R=DC-OHQ2-PICTURES-S-R-36

Description

The sheet has been removed from its mount, the centre of the mount cut away, and the sheet tipped back on to its mount, probably during conservation in 1960. A pen & ink and wash version by Peachey of the same view is in Library and Archives Canada (see 'Archives Canada Microfiches', Microfiche 2, No. 1; Neg. No. C-45560). Inscribed in ink, mount l.l.: James Peachey 1785; b.: A View of the Bridge Built over Riviere de Loup, By Order of General Haldimand in 1780,
Medium: Watercolour and pen & ink over pencil on laid paper mounted on wove paper with ruled border in pen & ink and grey wash

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Public Domain

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Courtesy of Toronto Public Library.

Location

Louiseville, Quebec, Canada

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Rivers
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Buildings
People
Bridges

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