Title
VIEW of HALIFAX from GEORGES ISLAND.
Creator
Parkyns, George Isham, approximately 1750-approximately 1820, artist.
Publication details
[London] : [April 29 1801]
Physical details
1 print : etching and aquatint with hand-colouring ; sheet 39.3 x 60.2 cm
Description
View looking from the fort at George's Island toward Halifax; cannons in the foreground; ships on the water; buildings on the opposite shore.
Place
Georges Island National Historic Site of Canada (N.S.)
Additional information
This print is one of four views of Halifax by George Isham Parkyns. One view bears publication and artist details. A copy of which can be found at Maps K.Top.119.79.d. A print from the same plate is in the National Archives, Canada. It is catalogued as one of a set of four prints published by Parkyns in London, England on April 29, 1801.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.119.79.a.