City of Quebec from the Harbour: A Vibrant 19th-Century Maritime Lithograph

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City of Quebec from the Harbour: A Vibrant 19th-Century Maritime Lithograph

Name: City of Quebec from the Harbour: A Vibrant 19th-Century Maritime Lithograph
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13600-79
Price: 200 USD
Availability: InStock

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Kind: Sea Charts
Size: 19 × 25.4 cm (7.5 × 10 in)
Condition: Good. Good condition with vibrant colors, intact margins, slight toning, and minor foxing typical of age; ideal for framing and preservation.
Places: Canada
Reference: BG-13600-79

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

City of Quebec, Taken from the Harbour, an original hand-colored lithograph drawn by R. S. M. Bouchette and printed by Day and Haghe, lithographers to the King, at 17 Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. The title is lettered below the image, with the artist's credit at the lower left and the printer's line at the lower right.

The view looks toward the city from the water on a blustery day. A rowing boat with a crew of men in the foreground rides a choppy swell, small sailing vessels with red and white sails cross the harbor, and a crowd of larger ships lies at anchor along the shore on either side. Behind them the pale cliff of Cape Diamond rises to the walls and skyline of the upper town, and the church spires and the fortifications on the heights stand against a heavy gray sky of broken cloud.

Quebec, on its rock above the St. Lawrence, was the chief port and fortress of British North America in the early nineteenth century. The view shows the harbor from the river, the way it was met by every ship that arrived from Europe.

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