DescriptionView of Parliament Hill and Chaudière Falls. "City of Ottawa, Canada West", ca. 1859, by Stent and Laver..jpg
English: A view of Ottawa, some of Hull and of the Ottawa River circa 1859, including views of the Chaudière Falls and of Parliament Hill (formerly Barrack Hill) prior to the construction of the Parliament Buildings. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Lithograph, hand-coloured, some discolouration, water mark at top left. Crack in paper, upper centre.
Title:City of Ottawa, Canada West. View of Parliament Hill and Chaudière_Falls. ca. 1859, by Stent and Laver
Original caption: "
Recto, l.l.: Published by Mess'rs Stent & Laver, Architects &c. Ottawa C.W. l.c.: Copy Right secured in Canada and the United States. / CITY OF OTTAWA [coat of arms, "quiet study"] CANADA WEST. / To His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir Edmund Walker Head Baronet &c. &c. Governor General of British North America. This View of the City of Ottawa / is by permission most respectfully dedicated by his Excellency's obliged and very obedient servants / Stent & Laver. l.r.: Sarony Major & Knapp Lith. 449 Broadway N.Y., sold by: R. & C. Chalmers
A later version of the print (LAC copy negative no. C-002812) has the Parliament Buildings represented.
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