File:A view of Partridge Island, from the west RMG K0075.jpg

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Des Barres; Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres
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English: A view of Partridge Island, from the westSingle sheet. Engraved. Additional Places: Nova Scotia. 20C. Plate changes: Plate worked up in aquatint. Several vessels added. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Dark sepia.

There are three variants of this view in the collection: 20A. No imprint. Printed on Bates paper. Watercolour. Page number '20' type-stamped bottom right. 20B. Plate changes: Imprint July 26, 1777. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Watercolour, with one ship added by the colourist. 20C. Plate changes: Plate worked up in aquatint. Several vessels added. Other features: Printed on Bates paper. Dark sepia.

HNS 20C The environs of Fort Cumberland in the Bay of Fundy
Date 1777
date QS:P571,+1777-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions Plate impression 54.5 x 78.5cm.
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/559104
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id number: HNS20C
previous number: HNS 20
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Charts and maps

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