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  5. A perspective view of the town and fortifications of Montreal in Canada / Engraved for the Royal Magazine . - 1760
A perspective view of the town and fortifications of Montreal in Canada / Engraved for the Royal Magazine . - 1760
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A perspective view of the town and fortifications of Montreal in Canada / Engraved for the Royal Magazine . - 1760

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Ville de Montréal. Section des archives via Archives de Montréal (Ville de Montréal)
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1760 (indexed as 1760)
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Parue dans le Royal Magazine en 1760, cette gravure présente une vue de la ville de Montréal à cette époque, depuis le fleuve Saint-Laurent. On y aperçoit ses habitations et fortifications, depuis la rivière Saint-Pierre à l'ouest jusqu'à la Citadelle à l'est. La gravure comporte 20 nombres auxquels devaient initialement correspondre une légende. Le document est en anglais. La pièce porte les cotes 1G4545 et 42305.
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Building MaterialChurchCityEngravingFlagFortHillHouseRiverSteepleStreetscapeTowerTreeWaterfrontTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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1 gravure : montée sur carton souple ; 15 x 22 cm sur feuille 21 x 24 cm.
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An engraved print titled as a perspective view of a town and its fortifications, seen from across a river in a horizontal panoramic view. A long row of stone walls with turrets and gaps runs across the middle, behind which stand rooftops, a tall church spire on the left, and a large building with twin towers and several chimneys on the right, with a flag flying from a bastion at the far right. In the foreground on the left are a low hill with a tree and two plain multi-storey houses, and the water of the river fills the lower part, with numbered reference marks scattered across the image and a handwritten list of notes in the bottom margin.Described automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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Engrav'd for the Royal Magazine.A Perspective View of the Town and Fortifications of Montreal, in Canada.Engraved for the Royal MagazineRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
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