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Lithography - The Great Bell of Montreal, Cast by Charles & Georges Mears Bell Foundry Whitechapel | McCord Museum
The Great Bell of Montreal, Cast by Charles & Georges Mears Bell Foundry Whitechapel
The Great Bell of Montreal, Cast by Charles & Georges Mears Bell Foundry Whitechapel

Lithography

The Great Bell of Montreal, Cast by Charles & Georges Mears Bell Foundry Whitechapel
Artist
SignatureUnderneath image, printed, l.c. : THO.S TURNER DEL.T ET. LITHO. CRANE COURT. FLEET STREET
InscriptionsUnderneath image, printed, l.c. : THE GREAT BELL OF MONTREAL, / CAST BY CHAS. & GEOE. MEARS BELL FOUNDRY WHITECHAPEL. / LONDON ON THE 20TH. FEBRY. 1847. / ORNAMENT ON REVERSE OF BELL / EX PESSIMO MERCATORUM AGRICOLARUM / ARTIFICONQUE. MARIANAPOLITANENSIUM DONO / WEIGHT 13 TONS 15 CWT. / Dimensions / Diameter at Mouth 8"7 / Height to top of Crown 8"1 / Thickness of Sound bow "8; on back, handwritten, u.c. : [...] / Avec les compliments de M. Deubliez [?] / Londres 10 Août 1848.
Date 1848
Medium / Technique Ink on paper
Lithography
Dimensions47.4 × 36.8 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Graphic Documents
Origin London, England
Object NumberM2023X.5.1
DivisionDocumentary Art
Status
Not on view

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