Great Lakes Art Database

A Scene on Lake Ontario

Description
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Creator
Rawdon, Ralph, Artist
Item Types
Watercolor paintings
Etchings
Description
Built 1813, H.M.S. 'SIR GEORGE PREVOST' was renamed 'Wolfe', 1813, and 'Montreal', 1814.
Framer's ticket of William Haines in Acc. File.
Inscribed in pencil, vso u.r.: William Smeall
Inscribed in the plate, u.c.: A SCENE ON LAKE ONTARIO.; 1. r.: R. Rawdon Sc.; b.: United States Sloop of War Gen. Pike, Commodore Chauncy and the British Sloop of War Wolf, sir James Yeo, Preparing for action Sept. 28th 1813. / Published and Sold by Shelton & Kensett Cheshire Con. Novemr 1st 1813.
Photographs of this impression: Accs. C 1-61a (190?) and D 5-57b (c.1910?).
TEC 1075
Watermark of Bunce (Gravell and Miller, 'American', 150) vso c.r.: C B
Notes
Etching and water colour on wove paper
Publisher
Shelton and Kensett
Place of Publication
Cheshire, CT
Date of Original
1 November 1813
Date Of Event
28 September 1813
Dimensions
Width: 37.7 cm
Height: 25.1 cm
Image Dimensions
Image Width: 35cm
Image Height: 20.7cm
Subject(s)
General Pike (Ship)
Wolf (Ship)
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Lake Ontario
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.795555 Longitude: -77.905555
Creative Commons licence
Public Domain [more details]
Copyright Statement
Public domain: Copyright has expired according to the applicable Canadian or American laws. No restrictions on use.
Contact
Association for Great Lakes Maritime History
Website:
https://aglmh.net

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A Scene on Lake Ontario


Built 1813, H.M.S. 'SIR GEORGE PREVOST' was renamed 'Wolfe', 1813, and 'Montreal', 1814.
Framer's ticket of William Haines in Acc. File.
Inscribed in pencil, vso u.r.: William Smeall
Inscribed in the plate, u.c.: A SCENE ON LAKE ONTARIO.; 1. r.: R. Rawdon Sc.; b.: United States Sloop of War Gen. Pike, Commodore Chauncy and the British Sloop of War Wolf, sir James Yeo, Preparing for action Sept. 28th 1813. / Published and Sold by Shelton & Kensett Cheshire Con. Novemr 1st 1813.
Photographs of this impression: Accs. C 1-61a (190?) and D 5-57b (c.1910?).
TEC 1075
Watermark of Bunce (Gravell and Miller, 'American', 150) vso c.r.: C B