After George Bulteel Fisher
After George Bulteel Fisher

Six Views in North America: View on the St Ann’s or Grand River; View of St Anthony’s Nose, on the North River, Province of New York; View of the River St Lawrence, Falls of Montmorenci from the Island of Orleans; Fall of Montmorenci, 246 Perpendicular Feet; View of the Falls of Chaudière; and View of Cape Diamond, Plains of Abraham and part of the Town of Quebec

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After George Bulteel Fisher
Six Views in North America: View on the St Ann’s or Grand River; View of St Anthony’s Nose, on the North River, Province of New York; View of the River St Lawrence, Falls of Montmorenci from the Island of Orleans; Fall of Montmorenci, 246 Perpendicular Feet; View of the Falls of Chaudière; and View of Cape Diamond, Plains of Abraham and part of the Town of Quebec
aquatints, published by J.W. Edy, London 1795-6
21 ¼ x 28 ½in. (54 x 72.3cm.)
(6)a set of six
Literature
Spendlove, pls 38-42.
Deak, no.186 (Quebec).

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'PROBABLY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PRINTS OF CANADA EVER PUBLISHED were made from drawings by Lieut. G.B. Fisher. George Bulteel Fischer was ADC to Prince Edward – later the Duke of Kent, and father of the future Queen Victoria – while he was Commander-in-Chief in Nova Scotia. Six fine drawings by Fisher were engraved in aquatint and published by J. W. Edy in 1796 …’ (Spendlove, p.22)

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