Original antique 19th-century view of Fort Erie on Lake Erie, Canada, as it stood in 1770. Wood engraving from a leaf of an English illustrated magazine, with a camp of military tents at the foot of the trees and sailing vessels out on the lake.
Original antique 19th-century view of Fort Erie on Lake Erie, Canada, as it stood in 1770. Wood engraving from a leaf of an English illustrated magazine, with a camp of military tents at the foot of the trees and sailing vessels out on the lake.
Medium: Wood engraving
Date: 19th century; the view dated 1770 in the caption
Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.5 in (23 x 14 cm)
Condition: Good. Yellowed paper, with a few spots of foxing in the margins and a faint vertical crease in the left half.