After James Gray

Montreal from St Helen’s Island; Falls of Montmorenci from the east bank; A View of Brockville, Upper Canada, from Umbrella Island; York from Gibralter (sic) Point; Horse Shoe Fall of the Falls of Niagara from the Upper Bank of the British Shore; Quebec, from Point Levi; Kingston from Fort Henery (sic); and General View of the Falls of Niagara from the British Shore, by J. Gleadah (seven) and J. Ryall (Brockville)

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After James Gray
Montreal from St Helen’s Island; Falls of Montmorenci from the east bank; A View of Brockville, Upper Canada, from Umbrella Island; York from Gibralter (sic) Point; Horse Shoe Fall of the Falls of Niagara from the Upper Bank of the British Shore; Quebec, from Point Levi; Kingston from Fort Henery (sic); and General View of the Falls of Niagara from the British Shore, by J. Gleadah (seven) and J. Ryall (Brockville)
handcoloured aquatints, published London, 1828
14 x 23 ½in. (35.6 x 59.7cm.)
(8)the set of eight

Literature

Spendlove, pp.41-2, who records only seven (just seven were listed by Jefferys in his Catalogue of the Sigmund Samuel Collection, Toronto, 1948, pp.133-34, nos 499, 503-8), omitting the Montmorency plate included here: ‘In the year 1828 seven coloured aquatints of Canada from drawings by James Gray were engraved by Joshua Gleadell and J. Ryall. They were published by Willett & Blandford, London, and were dedicated to Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant Governor, and the Gentlemen of Upper Canada. The set is of extreme rarity, and the present writer has heard of only two other sets in addition to the beautiful proof-before-letters set in the Sigmund Samuel Collection.’

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'THE SET IS OF EXTREME RARITY ...'

There is a copy of the Montmorency plate in the Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1970-188-1744 W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana.

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