Collection Highlights
"St. Nicholas. Dec. 6th. A.D. 343"
Date:
1810
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1810.94
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Drawings
Disembarkment Near Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1745
Object Number:
1971.130
Date:
19th century?
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink and wash, gold metallic pigment, gouache, on paper, edged with brown tape
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 3/4 x 21 1/8 in. ( 37.5 x 53.7 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Title, lower center in ink.
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center outside image in black ink: "DEBARCAMÉT, Y PRESA DEL CAP BRETON 1745."; verso inscribed at lower center in graphite: "The Landing the New England forces in ye Expedition against Cape Breton 1745. / recovered to the British Empire"
Description:
On the verso-"The Landing the New England forces in ye Expedition against Cape Breton 1745/ recovered to the British Empire".
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Ethel McCullough Scott, Mr. John G. McCullough, and Mrs. Edith McCullough Heaphy
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
