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TITLE:  A view of Louisburg in North America, taken near the light house when that city was besieged in 1758 Vue de Louisburg, dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, prise du fanal durant le dernier siege en 1758 / drawn on the spot by Capt. Ince of the 35th Regt. ; engraved by P. Canot.

CALL NUMBER:  Illus. in NE1714 .S4 (folio) [General Collections]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZ62-2771 (b&w film copy neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY:  Print shows view from the headlands above the lighthouse, with ships in the harbor, Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, center, and distant view of the harbor.

MEDIUM:  1 print : etching.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:  London : [s.n., 1768]

CREATOR:

Canot, Pierre Charles, 1710-1777, engraver.

NOTES:

Title from item.

Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos. Jefferys the corner of St. Martins Lane in the Strand, Carington Bowles at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, and Henry Parker at No. 82 in Cornhill.

Illus. in: Scenographia Americana. London : J. Bowles, 1768.

Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 382.

SUBJECTS:

Harbors--Nova Scotia--Louisbourg--1760-1770.
Lighthouses--Nova Scotia--Louisbourg--1760-1770.
Bays (Bodies of water)--1760-1770.
Louisbourg (N.S.)--History--Siege, 1758.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

FORMAT:

Book illustrations 1760-1770.
Marine prints 1760-1770.
Etchings 1760-1770.

REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a06391 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a06391

CONTROL #:  2004671439

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