Lot Essay
'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)