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Plains of Abraham – Antique Print

Plains of Abraham, [between 1850 and 1870(?)] — historic print
Plains of Abraham, [between 1850 and 1870(?)]. Historic print from the Canada collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Plains of Abraham, a historic print rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Few places in North America carry as much military history as the Plains of Abraham, the open ground on the cliffs above Quebec City where British forces under James Wolfe defeated the French under the Marquis de Montcalm in 1759, a battle that decided control of New France. Both commanders died in the fighting. This lithotint, dated by the Library of Congress to roughly 1850 to 1870, offers a bird's-eye view of the site, a vantage that shows how the plains sat above the St. Lawrence and the old city. By the mid-nineteenth century the battlefield had become a public open space, and such views helped audiences picture a landscape that was already rich in memory.

Created / published[between 1850 and 1870(?)]
Medium1 print : lithotint.
GenreBird's-eye view prints Color 1850-1870.Lithotints Color 1850-1870.
SubjectsAbraham, Plains of (Québec)--1850-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,677 × 3,772 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-220432

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