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Lot Essay
The early Canadian and American stereoscopic photographs comprise eleven of Quebec City and environs by Notman, Montreal (4), and others (the views including ‘Citadel from Durham Terrace, Quebec’, ‘Wolfe’s Monument, Plains of Abraham, (Quebec.)’ and ‘Montmorency Falls (Near Quebec.)…’); twenty-four of Montreal by Notman (10), J.G.Parks (12), Alex Henderson (1) and Chisolm & Co (1) (the views and subjects including ‘Front of Court House, Montreal, during Municipal Elections, 1860 …’, ‘Sir Wm. F. Williams of Kars Commander of the Forces for Canada, 1860’, ‘His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and Suite … Montreal – 29th August, 1860.’, ‘Bonsecour Market, Montreal’, ‘St James Street, Montreal’, ‘Young Mozart Society, Montreal, 1861’, ‘Victoria Bridge’ and others); six of Halifax, Nova Scotia by Notman (the views comprising ‘Halifax, N.S. from Citadel. Looking East’, ‘… Looking North’, ‘…Looking S.E.’ ‘Looking N.E.’, and two interiors); three studies by and attributed to Notman (‘The Woodman’s Quiet Pipe’, ‘Mated’, and ‘Prince of Wales Ball’); one of ‘Gaspé Harbour showing the Government steamer Napoleon at Eden’s Wharf, August 1873 …’; thirteen of Niagara from the American side (the views including ‘Entire view of both falls’, Table Rock in winter’, Table Rock in summer’, ‘R.R. track Susp Bridge’, one print of ‘Lachine Rapids’, and others) without photographer’s credits; three other American subjects (‘Railway Station, West Point, on the Hudson River’, ‘Montville Falls, near Moravia, N.Y.’, ‘The Bostwick House, Underhill, North-East View.’) by J.W. Love, Wisconsin, and others; with 64 others of views in Ireland, Scotland, England and France (the majority of Paris and Dauphiné), portraits and views of the International Exhibition of 1862.