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Auction 137, Lot 133
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"West Canada", Tallis, John

Subject: Canada

Period: 1851 (circa)

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Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.8 x 9.5 inches
32.5 x 24.1 cm
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A fine steel-engraved map of the region of present-day Ontario surrounded in a decorative border. The map includes vignettes of Niagara Falls, an Indian encampment, a view of Kingston, the national seal, and a small river otter. The vignettes were drawn by H. Warren and engraved by Robert Wallis. The map itself was drawn and engraved by John Rapkin.

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Condition: A

Original outline color with light toning in blank margins with binding holes in lower blank margin.

Estimate: $130 - $170

Sold for: $95

Closed on 9/14/2011

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