Quebec City Canada Harbor View – Antique Steel Engraving St. Lawrence River 1854
€ 219
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1854
Sheet size
14.4 × 23.7 cm (5.7 × 9.3 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14038-109
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.
Condition
Good condition for its age with light overall age toning and minor spotting mainly in the margins. Plate mark visible. Paper remains strong and stable.
About this sheet
Quebec City from the St. Lawrence, an original steel engraving from Meyers Universum, published by the Bibliographisches Institut in Germany in the mid-19th century. The plate is printed in black and lettered below the image "Quebeck in Canada."
The view looks across choppy water toward the city on its promontory. Cap Diamant rises at the left, crowned with the fortifications of the Citadel and a flag, and the upper town runs along the skyline to the right with church spires and clustered rooftops, with the lower town along the waterline below. In the foreground a fishing boat with a patched sail, a rowing boat and a larger two-masted vessel under full sail all labor through the waves, and heavy cumulus clouds fill the sky.
Quebec was then the political center of the Province of Canada and one of the main ports of British North America, shipping timber and grain to Europe. The plate belongs to the series of views of the world's cities and landscapes issued by the Bibliographisches Institut for German readers.
