Search Results: George Heriot by Gerald Finley

Kingston Ontario: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1978. First edition, Bi-lingual edition. Paperback. Very good. Quarto, pp; 72 illustrated in black and white; original beige embossed wrappers, lettered in gilt;. The Catalogue of an exhibition of art by George Heriot held at The Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen's University in Kingston on November 12th-December 31, 1978.

Toronto: Univ of Toronto Press, 1983. first edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dj. 8vo. pp. xx, (3), 310, b/w illustrations,

Frontis silhouette; 93 black & white illus.

University of Toronto Press, 1983. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, VG. xx+310pp, b/w frontis, 93 b/w illustrations, index, cream boards a bit grubby & rubbed at the edges, internally a fine copy. Biography of Heriot [ 1759 - 1839 ] a Scottish born painter & artist. He enroled in the British Army where he was , as an Officer Cadet taught landscape painting. In 1792 was posted to Canada where he painted the Canadian Landscape as part of his post with the Royal Ordnance. In 1799 he was promoted to the post of Postmaster General for the British North American Colonies. Whilst his time as POstmaster was beset with problems, it was not until the 20th century that his pictures were recognised for their aritsic merit & more importantly their accurate portrayal of the Canadian Landscape & frontier life in the late 18th & early 19th centuries.

Kingston, Ontario: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, 1978. Paperback. Near Fine. Catalogue from an1978 exhibition of the work of the Scottish landscape painter (1759 - 1839). French / English text. Beige embossed wraps. 72 pages well illustrated in B&W. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Toronto - Buffalo - London: University of Toronto Press, 1983. 310 pages. Frontispiece illustrated with silhouette of George Heriot. 310 pages. 93 illustrations in text. Pages good condition, clean. Brown endpapers. White cloth, black silhouette on upper cover. VG+/VG+. Hard Cover.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The George Heriot : Postmaster-Painter of the Canadas.

Paperback / softback. New.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press [1983]. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 310pp. Illustrated cloth cover. Frontispiece, illustrations, notes, chronology, bibliography, index. Biography of George Heriot. Time Period. (Art--Canada, Landscape Painting, Postal Service, Postmasters, Settlement).

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.