George Heriot : : Postmaster-Painter of the Canadas / / Gerald Finley.
George Heriot (1759-1839), a Scot, is best known as a skilled landscape watercolourist and as the contentious deputy postmaster general of British North America from 1800 to 1816. He was also a travel writer (his Travels through the Canadas was published in 1807) and a poet. In this volume, a combin...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019] ©1983 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Heritage
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (332 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Chronology of George Heriot's Life
- 1. Topographical Landscape and the Picturesque
- 2. The Formative Years
- 3. The Canadian Experience, 1792-1800
- 4. First Years as Postal Administrator
- 5. The Maturing Vision, 1800—6
- 6. A Scottish Interlude and Colonial Friendships
- 7. Gathering Clouds
- 8. The War of 1812 and Its Aftermath
- 9. Last Days in Canada
- 10. Travels in Britain and on the Continent
- 11. Last Years
- Appendix: The Heriot Family
- Notes
- Selective Bibliography
- Check-List of the Works of George Heriot
- Oil Paintings
- Watercolours
- Sketch-Books
- Prints
- Plates
- Places Illustrated in Heriot's Works
- Subjects Illustrated in Heriot's Works
- Collections and Collectors of Heriot's Works
- General Index