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