Vaugirard, Paris, France
1861
Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-98:C Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana | Licence: Copyright Expired
Hotel Dieu and Cemetery.
ca. 1822-1832
James Pattison Cockburn
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Hotel Dieu and Cemetery.
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ca. 1822-1832
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Scope and content: Image depicting the Hôtel-Dieu and a cemetery at Québec. A small funeral procession strings across the middle of the image. This compostition strongly resembles that of item # R9266-97 (Sotheby's no. W288).
Signature and inscriptions: Inscription - in ink, recto, l.l. - Tobogan or Indian Sleigh / on which they draw their provisions etc on their Journeys; in ink, recto l.c. - "Indian from Loretto"; in ink, recto, l.r. - Habitan and Winter Sleigh
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Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Quebec City, Canada
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