A view of the bay of Hallefax on May ye 5, 1759 at noon [watercolor]

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{"value"=>"A view of the bay of Hallefax on May ye 5, 1759 at noon [watercolor]"}

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abstract

{"value"=>"This ink and watercolor drawing represents the sailing of the British fleet under Rear-Admiral Philip Durell in the 1759 expedition against Québec, depicting eighteen ships in the Halifax harbor. There is a textual explanation just below the image. Described in the New York Public Library Bulletin, vol. 40 (1936) pages 419-420"}

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1759

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1759

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{"value"=>"Bowen, Ashley, 1728-1813", "type"=>"persname"}

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1759

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{"value"=>"A view of the bay of Hallefax on May ye 5, 1759 at noon [watercolor], Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

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.06 linear feet (1 volume)

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1759

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1759

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