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View From Barrack Hill. OttawaCity Canada. From: Hunter's Ottawa Scenery
34729Ottawa. Published byWilliam S. Hunter. 1855. 25.5x 33.5cm sepia tone lithograph by J.H.Buffords Litho. Boston fine. One of the best views in this Ottawaseries. Buffords fame came mainly as the printer of the Currier Ivesprints. Homer Winslow 1836-1910. "Probably the first book to includelithographs drawn by Winslow Homer who was apprenticed to Bufford's ofBoston at the relatively late age of eighteen for a period of two years.The present work includes the apprentice's first substantial published lithograph the third plate View of the Locks Entrance of Rideau Canalwhich is initialed by Homer and the large title vignette and five otherplates that are attributable to him on grounds of style". Tatham suggeststhat "Interests seeking Ottawa's selection as the nation's Capitol mayhave been behind it or The Ottawa and Prescott Railway which linked thetown to Montreal might have funded it in an attempt to encouragetourism. ". - Tatham. Winslow Homer and the Illustrated Book1992. Ottawa. Published byWilliam S. Hunter. 1855 unknown
