Sketches in New Brunswick : taken principally with the intention of shewing the nature and description of the land in the tract purchased by the New Brunswick & Nova Scotia Land-Company in the year 1833, and of illustrating the operations of the Association during the years 1834 & 1835.
Published / Created:
London : Published March 1st, 1836 by Ackermann & Co. Strand, [1836][London] : Printed by Day & Haghe, Lithrs to the King
Physical Description:
[4] pages, [1], 12 leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations (lithographs); 3̄9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Lithographs by Robert Trewick Bone and S. Russell, after Philip Harry, William Porden Kay, and Edward Nicholas Kendall. William Porden Kay worked for the New Brunswick Land Co. (see Australian Dictionary of Biography) and Edward Nicholas Kendall became involved in the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company (see Dictionary of Canadian Biography).
Contents:
Plates: [Lithographed title] -- 1. Encampment of surveying party at the site of Stanley -- 2. Erecting the mill dam -- 3. The mill dam, at Stanley -- 4. The Commissioner's camp at Stanley -- 5. Process of clearing the town-plot at Stanley -- 6. The mill at Stanley -- 7. Tavern at Stanley, built of logs -- 8. General view of Stanley, from the road -- 9. Elm tree on the Royal Road, New Brunswick -- 10. Winter view from the Company's office St Mary's opposite Fredericton, looking up the River St John -- 11. Farmer's sleigh and sled -- 12. A winter scene in Fredericton.
Subject Terms:
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company. | Canada -- Pictorial works. | New Brunswick -- Pictorial works. | Stanley (N.B.) -- Pictorial works. | Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 -- Ownership.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1836.
Contributors:
Harry, Philip, active 1833–1857, illustrator. | Kay, William P., illustrator. | Kendall, Edward Nicholas, 1800–1845, illustrator. | Bone, Robert Trewick, 1790–1840, lithographer. | Russell, S., (Lithographer) active 1836, lithographer. | Day & Haghe, printer. | Ackermann and Co., publisher. | New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company.