c. 71x 103.5cm, c.(22.5" x 40.5")., some general acid migration most noticeable in the sky area, the print has been expertly restored, the toning and migration stabilized, the several breaks or tears repaired and mounted on cotton muslin backing material, it is a good clear strike, an ideal copy for an institution, library, museum or a antique print collector, proof before letters engravings of any antique prints are rare. (). Note Steamboats, Schooners &c., The Village on the opposite side below Montral is Longueuil and St. Helen's Island form conspicuous objects in the picture. The Steam boat coming up is the John Munn of the Montreal & Quebec Line, the Boat on the right hand coming down is one of the Through Line running on Lake Ontario. (right side legend). "Although this lithograph was printed probably in *1855, from a different drawing, the lettering was not changed although there are two additions and some re-lettering. Whitefield probably drew this second edition on the same stone. He also did an oil painting of this scene, reproduced in the colour plate section. ~ A colour verison of this print is featured in the colour plate section (8 colour plates) of this bibliography". - Bettina A. Norton. Edwin Whitefield, Nineteenth Century North American Scenery. p97. Seller Inventory # 42067

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Title: Proof Before Letters. [Montreal, Canada East...

Publisher: Montreal. Published by E. Whitefield, Gt. St. James St., Litho of Endicott & Co. N.Y., [1852]

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