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Grande Hermine

Image
Accession no.: Y: 72/11/2
Title: Grande Hermine
Description: One of five full colour prints of Famous Ships in Canadian History by Melbourne Smith. Commissioned by Hudson's Bay Company for its 300th anniversary.
Medium: Reproduction
Artist: Smith, Melbourne
Note: Impression of Grand Hermine, the ship of Jacques Cartier, navigator and discoverer of the St Lawrence River.
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 495mm; height: 420mm