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Grande finale du feu d'artifice tiré en l'honneur du Prince de Galles et de la fin des travaux du pont Victoria, Montréal, Canada.
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Grande finale du feu d'artifice tiré en l'honneur du Prince de Galles et de la fin des travaux du pont Victoria, Montréal, Canada.

Wood engraving

Grand Finale of Fire-Works in Honor of the Prince of Wales and the Successful Completion of the Victoria Bridge, Montreal, Canada East.
SignatureL. r. printed below image, BY G. A. LILLIENDAHL, ESQ., OF NEW YORK, AUGUST, 1860
Date 1860/09/01
Medium / Technique Ink on paper
Relief printing
Dimensions27.5 x 40.5 cm
Origin United States, North America
Object NumberM975.62.263.3
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of Charles deVolpi
Status
Not on view

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Grand finale of fireworks in honor of the successful completion of the Victoria Bridge, Montreal, Canada East, August, 1860
Grand finale of fireworks in honor of the successful completion of the Victoria Bridge, Montreal, Canada East, August, 1860
Anonymous
1860/09/01
M975.62.263
Trowel used by the Prince of Wales in the completion of the Victoria Bridge
Trowel used by the Prince of Wales in the completion of the Victoria Bridge
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The Grand Ball given by the Mayor and Citizens of Montreal, in Honor of the Prince of Wales, Monday, August 27, 1860
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Triumphal Arch Erected in Montreal in Honor of the Prince of Wales.  Arch Erected in Jacques Cartier Square, facing the River
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Anonymous
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M990X.382.1.2
Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, gentleman's ticket for inauguration of the Victoria Bridge by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 25th August 1860
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M14329
The Prince of Wales closing the last rivet of the Victoria Tubular Bridge over the St. Lawrence
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Works at the Victoria Bridge. Montreal, QC, 1858
Works at the Victoria Bridge. Montreal, QC, 1858
Anonymous
About 1860
M932.8.1.225
Works at the Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1858
Works at the Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, 1858
Anonymous
About 1860
M932.8.1.226
The Prince's visit to North America. Grand ball tendered to the Prince of Wales by the citizens of Montreal on the evening of Monday, Aug. 27, 1860, in the ballroom expressely built for the occassion
The Prince's visit to North America. Grand ball tendered to the Prince of Wales by the citizens of Montreal on the evening of Monday, Aug. 27, 1860, in the ballroom expressely built for the occassion
Anonymous
1860/09/08
M985.230.5031
The Prince of Wales Laying the Last Stone of the Victoria Bridge Over the St. Lawrence
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Visit to Montreal of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on steamer Quebec
Visit to Montreal of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on steamer Quebec
G. Matthew's Litho.
1860
M4055
R. Forsyth, Canada Marble Works, Granite Marble & Sandstone Monuments
R. Forsyth, Canada Marble Works, Granite Marble & Sandstone Monuments
John Henry Walker
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