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Queenstown [i.e. Queenston], Upper Canada on the Niagara

Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-23020 | No known restrictions on publication.

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Date

1803 - 1807

Artist

Edward Walsh (1756-1832)

Collection

Library of Congress

Image Link

https://www.loc.gov/item/2004662211/

Description

1 drawing on laid paper mounted on wove paper : watercolor over graphite underdrawing. | Drawing shows the village of Queenston in the Canadian province of Ontario, known as "Upper Canada" prior to 1841. Travelers on horseback, cart and foot traverse the wide dirt road, while houses are near the shore of the Niagara River. Queenston is just north of Niagara Falls and the site of the battle of Queenston Heights on October 13, 1812, in the War of 1812, when the Canadians and British defeated the American forces that invaded the town. Edward Walsh was a surgeon to the 49th Regiment and served in Canada from 1803-1807.

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No known restrictions on publication.

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Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-23020

Location

Queenston, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada

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