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The Prince of Wales in Canada His Royal Highness Laying the Corner-Stone of the Parliamentary Buildings at Ottawa

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The Prince of Wales in Canada His Royal Highness Laying the Corner-Stone of the Parliamentary Buildings at Ottawa

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Artists G. H. Andrews (Artist) • The Illustrated London News (publisher)
Date 1860/10/13
Inscriptions
.334 - OCT. 13, 1860) // THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS // (OCT. 13, 1860 - 335
THE PRINCE OF WALES IN CANADA. - HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS LAYING THE CORNER-STONE OF THE PARLIAMENTARY BUILDINGS AT OTTAWA. - FROM A SKETCH BY OUR SPECIAL ARTIST, G. H. ANDREWS. - SEE SUPPLEMENT. PAGE 344.
Materials ink
Support paper, unidentified
Fabrication Techniques lithograph
Personal Names Edward VII
Dimensions (cm) 82.5 (Width) • 66.0 (Height) • 2.8 (Thickness)
Functions Art
Barcode 600971
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Cornerstone

On Sept. 1, 1860, the Prince of Wales and future King Edward VII laid the cornerstone of Canada’s original Parliament building. On Oct. 13, The London Illustrated News published a centrefold ink-print of a drawing by G.H. Andrews that brought the grand scene to British eyes eager for news from the colony. The prince and officials from both sides of the Atlantic stand beneath an open canopy that is festooned with the Union Jack and Red Ensign flags, draped with garlands and crowned with an enormous, feathered finial. After fire destroyed the building in 1916, the cornerstone was salvaged and laid in for the new Parliament building.

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