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Title	[Bookplate by William Walker Alexander]
Creator	Alexander, William Walker
Date Created	1912
Description	Black ink on cream paper. Depiction of a sloped road, an inn, and Brock’s Monument, a 56-metre column dedicated to Major General Sir Isaac Brock, a Canadian war hero from the War of 1812.
Extent	1 bookplate : lithography ; 12.3 x 15.1 cm
Subject	Dirt roads Monuments
Geographic Location	Queenston (Ont.)
Person Or Corporation	Alexander, William Walker
Genre	Prints
Type	Still Image
FileFormat	image/jpeg
Language	English
Notes	William Walker Alexander was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1869. He was an illustrator, printmaker, etcher, and bookplate maker. He studied in the atelier of George A. Reid and attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia under Thomas Eakins. He was a founding member of the Art Student's League of Toronto References: 1) Burnaby Art Gallery (n.d.). Art Gallery Collection. Retrieved from https://collections.burnabyartgallery.ca/gallery?q=creator_txt:%22Alexander,%20William%20Walker%22&p=1&ps=18
Identifier	BP MUR CAN P A4499a BP_MUR_CAN_P_A4499a
Collection	RBSC Bookplates
Source	Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Howard Binder. BP MUR CAN P A4499a
Date Available	2019-04-23
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca
DOI	10.14288/1.0378496
AggregatedSourceRepository	CONTENTdm

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OLD FERRY ROAD AND MONUMENT INN, QUEENSTON. GENL. BROCK'S MONUMENT ON THE HEIGHTS. Reproduced from etching by W. W. Alexander

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