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Fisher, George Bulteel
A Boatmakers Yard near Quebec Chantier naval près de Québec
1791-1792 1791-1792

Lieutenant Fisher accompanied Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, as an aide-de-camp on his posting to Halifax in 1791. He also served in the West Indies and at Gibraltar, eventually achieving the rank of major-general and a knighthood. His view of a boatmaker’s yard located near the west end of the Île d’Orléans, opposite Quebec City, is typical of work produced by military officers in its clarity and topographical accuracy.

Fisher, George Bulteel
Peterborough, England 1764-Woolwich, England 1834 Peterborough, England 1764-Woolwich, England 1834
A Boatmakers Yard near Quebec Chantier naval près de Québec
1791-1792 1791-1792
watercolour on paper, laid down Aquarelle sur papier
height / width: 34.10 x 51.40 cm; 13.43 x 20.24 in.
Purchase, Chancellor Richardson Memorial Fund and Wintario matching grant, 1977 Achat, Fonds commémoratif du chancelier Richardson et fonds de contrepartie de Wintario, 1977
20-040

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