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Wreckers Den near the Pond on the Isle of Sable (Nova Scotia)

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Wreckers Den near the Pond on the Isle of Sable (Nova Scotia)

Date1777

Names

Des Barres, Joseph F.W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824 (artist)

Format

Picture

Subject

Medium

Undefined

Dimensions16600 mm, 10Pages, 11700 mm (653 9/16 in., 460 5/8 in.)

Language

ProvenanceGift of John Ross Robertson

CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana

Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)

Call Number / Accession NumberJRR2144

Country:Canada

Geograhical feature:Sable Island (N.S.)

Province or state:Nova Scotia

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