A General View of Quebec from Point Levy

1761

Pierre Charles Canot, Artist Richard Short, Publisher

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About the Artwork

Title A General View of Quebec from Point Levy

Artwork Date 1761

Makers Pierre Charles Canot (Artist) French, 1710-1777 Richard Short (Publisher) English

Medium Engraving printed in black ink and colored by hand on laid paper

Dimensions Plate: 14 1/2 × 20 7/8 inches (36.8 × 53 cm) Sheet: 15 1/4 × 21 7/8 inches (38.7 × 55.6 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Lillian Henkel Haass

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 48.112

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Inscriptions Inscribed, in plate, below image, lower right: Engraved by P. Canot. Inscribed, center lower margin: A General view of Quebec, from Pont Levy. Vue Generale de Quebec, Prise de la Pointe Levy. | To the Hon. ble SR. Charles Saunders Vice Admiral of the Blue, and Knight of the most Honourable Order of the Bath / These Twelve Views of the Principal Buildings in Quebec, are most Humbly Inscribed by his most Obedient Humble Servant | Richard Short; bottom left edge of plate: Septr. 1st, 1761, Publish'd according to the Act of Parliment by R. Short, & Sold by T. Jeffreys the Corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross.

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Lillian Henkel Haass

1948-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Pierre Charles Canot, A General View of Quebec from Point Levy, 1761, engraving printed in black ink and colored by hand on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Lillian Henkel Haass, 48.112.