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Sotheby's inventory no. W420

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: in black watercolour, recto l.c.: The River St Lawrence [large print] as seen from the [smaller print] Governors Garden [large print] in the [smaller print] Upper Town [large print] of [smaller print] Quebec, / Montmorenci [large print] to the [smaller print] left, Point Levi [large print] on the [smaller print] right, the Island [large print] of [smaller print] Orleans [large print] at a [smaller print] distance [large print] . [a dragged line follows the period] [the whole bottom line is underlined]; in black ink, l.r.: John Sympson Hughes May 16th 1817 [underlined in black watercolour]; (complete transcription)