Title:
Crossing of Athabasca River, in the Rocky Mountains [Canada]
Creator/Contributor:
Leitch, R. P. (active ca. 1865), artist (artist)
Cooper, J., engraver (engraver)
Date:
1865
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0502:14--A
Format:
print on paper mounted on board: engraving
10.5 x 17.5 cm., on mount 18.8 x 27.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Expedition party on raft and horses make way across calm river; high, snow-capped mountains in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Title from caption in book. Handwritten (LL): Crossing Athabasca River; (LR): Near Jasper House. Printed (LL, within image):
R.P. Leitch; (LR, within image): J. Cooper, sc. From publication: The North-West passage by land (London: Cassell, Petter,
and Galpin, 1865), pg. 245.
Subjects:
Canada;
Expeditions & surveys;
Mountains;
Rivers
Genre/Format:
Engravings;
Illustrations