Beaver hunting in Canada

Abstract: Within a frame decorated with flowers, the illustration depicts hunters with guns and bows and arrows surrounding a dam filled with beavers.
Contributor: Taylor, Isaac, 1730-1807 (Engraver), Middleton, Charles Theodore (Contributor), Chiedel (Artist) (Artist)
Date: 1778 to 1778
Department: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
Dimensions: image 16.8 x 11.7 cm, on sheet 36.1 x 23 cm
Genre: etchings (prints), engravings (prints)
Last Modified: 2025-10-27T16:43:15.749971Z
Language: English
Materials: 1 print : etching, with engraving
Notes: Chiedel delin. ; Taylor sculp. (Statement of Responsibility), Title from caption. (Local Note)
Provenance: Library copy from the library of Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Series: Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart Collection of Prints--Middleton, Charles Theodore. A new and complete system of geography
Source: Plate to: Middleton's complete system of Geography.
Subject: Hunting, Hunters, Beavers, Hunting in art, Canada
Technique: engraving (printing process), etching (printing process)

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