View of Montréal from a tower of Basilique Notre-Dame showing the port and Île Sainte-Hélène in the background, Québec

People:

William Notman (photographer)

Title:

View of Montréal from a tower of Basilique Notre-Dame showing the port and Île Sainte-Hélène in the background, Québec

Date:

1863

Description:

- This photograph is taken from either the Tour de la Persévérance or the Tour de la Tempérance of Notre-Dame de Montréal.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 17.2 x 21.0 cm secondary support: 26.4 x 35.5 cm

Reference number:

PH1984:0038:004

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.l.: "Notman" labelled, imprinted and numbered - in typescript, on labels attached to the negative, l.l.: "SIZE 56 IN."; and l.r.: "58-FROM FR. [sic] CATHEDRAL TOWER LOOKING EAST-MONTREAL [sic]" labelled and imprinted - in typescript, on a paper label attached to the secondary support, l.c.: with title [double black line over and under text]

Subject:

architecture
topographic

Subject Descriptive Terms:

tower (building division)
full-rigged ships
ships
island
church tower
port
cupolas
townscape (built environment)
steamboats
roof-tops

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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