J.W.A. [British, flourished c1828-1833]
   
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[View of Quebec City and the St. Lawrence River, with ships at anchor].
9 ½ x 14 5/8 inches. ink drawing on paper. [1828]  

Originally part of a 19th century military portfolio of watercolours & drawings. There were views of the St. Lawrence river [Quebec City, Montreal, the Thousand Islands], Niagara, Lake Champlain, Saratoga Springs, and Philadelphia. A similar drawing, by the artist, featuring the harbour at Montreal is currently in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. 
Provenance: Purchased by Peter Nahum (Leicester Galleries, London, label on verso) from an English family, who were likely the descendants of the artist.