Description
Additional Makers: After - Edward Walsh (1766/7-1832)
After two aquatints: one after George Heriot, in his 'Travels through the Canadas', London, 1807, plate facing p. 150 "British Fort at Niagara"; the other after Edward Walsh in 'The Repository of Arts', London, R. Ackermann, v.10, no. 58 (October 1813) facing p. 208 "A View of Fort George . . ."
Inscribed in brown brushpoint l.l.: E. Wyly Grier; In ink, l.c.: NIAGARA AND FORT GFORGE IN 1805.; l.l.: This picture is enlarged from one by Heriot, / published in his "Travels in Canada", 1806,; l.r.: and from Ackerman's (London) picture of Fort George, / taken about 1800.
JRR (1912) 433
Medium: Watercolour over pencil with ruled border of pencil and pale yellow wash. Mounted on cardboard
Image Licence
Public Domain
Image Credit
Courtesy of Toronto Public Library.
Location
Fort George, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
Country
Canada
Medium
Watercolour
Tags
Category
Landscapes & Seascapes
