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George Heriot : Postmaster-Painter of the Canadas / Gerald Finley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Finley, Gerald E., author.
- Series:
- Heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heriot, George, 1759-1839.
- Heriot, George.
- Artists--Canada--Biography.
- Artists.
- Postmasters--Canada--Biography.
- Postmasters.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Biography
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (333 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This volume, combination biography and art history, presents a rounded picture of George Heriot (1759-1839), a skilled landscape watercolourist and the contentious deputy postmaster general of British North America.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Chronology of George Heriot's Life; 1 Topographical Landscape and the Picturesque; 2 The Formative Years; 3 The Canadian Experience, 1792-1800; 4 First Years as Postal Administrator; 5 The Maturing Vision, 1800-6; 6 A Scottish Interlude and Colonial Friendships; 7 Gathering Clouds; 8 The War of 1812 and Its Aftermath; 9 Last Days in Canada; 10 Travels in Britain and on the Continent; 11 Last Years; Appendix: The Heriot Family; Notes; Selective Bibliography; Check-List of the Works of George Heriot; Oil Paintings; Watercolours; Sketch-Books; Prints.
- PlatesPlaces Illustrated in Heriot's Works; Subjects Illustrated in Heriot's Works; Collections and Collectors of Heriot's Works; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9781487596934
- 1487596936
- 9781487595227
- 1487595220
- OCLC:
- 1091683825
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