File:Edward Walsh - Queenstown, Upper Canada on the Niagara (a.k.a. Queenston, Ontario).jpg

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Description

English: "Queenstown, Upper Canada on the Niagara" [Now known as Queenston, Ontario] by Edward Walsh. Image dates from between 1803 and 1807.

This watercolour shows the village of Queenston, in the Canadian province of Ontario, known as "Upper Canada" prior to 1841. Travelers on horseback, cart, and foot traverse the wide dirt road, while houses are near the shore of the Niagara River. Queenston is just north of Niagara Falls and the site of the battle of Queenston Heights on October 13, 1812, in the War of 1812, when the Canadians and British defeated the American forces that invaded the town. Edward Walsh was a surgeon to the 49th Regiment and served in Canada from 1803-1807.

Français : Queenstown, Upper Canada on the Niagara (« Queenstown, Haut Canada, sur le Niagara. », aujourd'hui Queenston, Ontario) par Edward Walsh. Réalisé entre 1803 et 1807.
Cette aquarelle montre le village de Queenston, en Ontario, nommé « Haut Canada » jusqu'en 1841. Des voyageurs à pied, à cheval et en charrette cheminent sur une large route non pavée, longeant les maisons situées au bord du fleuve Niagara. Queenston, situé juste au nord des chutes du Niagara, a été le théâtre de la bataille de Queenston Heights le 13 octobre 1812, durant la guerre de 1812. Edward Walsh était chirurgien au sein du 49^e régiment et a été mobilisé au Canada de 1803 à 1807.

Date

between 1803 and 1807

Source

This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID ppmsca.01656.
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Author

Edward Walsh (1756-1832)

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Image:Edward Walsh - Queenstown, Upper Canada on the Niagara (a.k.a. Queenston, Ontario).jpg - Restored, JPG
Image:Edward Walsh - Queenstown, Upper Canada on the Niagara (a.k.a. Queenston, Ontario).png - Restored, PNG
Image:Edward Walsh - Queenstown, Upper Canada on the Niagara (a.k.a. Queenston, Ontario) age removed.png - A more extensive restoration - rather farther than I prefer - showing the image with the natural yellowing removed.
Image:Edward Walsh - Queenstown, Upper Canada on the Niagara (a.k.a. Queenston, Ontario) age removed.jpg - JPG of above.

Image:Edward Walsh - Queenstown, Upper Canada on the Niagara (a.k.a. Queenston, Ontario) - partially restored.png - Partially restored, PNG
Image:Edward Walsh - Queenstown, Upper Canada on the Niagara (a.k.a. Queenston, Ontario) original scan.png - Original scan, PNG
Image:Edward Walsh - Queenstown, Upper Canada on the Niagara (a.k.a. Queenston, Ontario) original scan.jpg - Original scan, JPG (for comparison)

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This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications:

Colours adjusted using the white surface LoC images are laid upon (now cropped away), though I did go a tiny bit further to bring out the watercolours.

Also, cropped, dirt and damage removed as far as I thought justified: The dirt is authentic, of course but much of the dirt and damage distracted from the work itself..

File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	14:10, 8 June 2010	3,604 × 2,440 (5.06 MB)	Adam Cuerden	Reverted to version as of 11:59, 29 May 2009 This was the one that was featured
	14:01, 8 June 2010	3,604 × 2,440 (4.56 MB)	Amandajm	Reverted to version as of 10:21, 29 May 2009. The original upload contains far more colour information and details than any of the tweaks. Watercolours that are exposed to light always discolour. The latest edit loses all the subtlety, and not only the mo
	06:54, 5 June 2010	3,411 × 2,220 (6.65 MB)	Aavindraa	crop to painting, remove room coloring
	11:59, 29 May 2009	3,604 × 2,440 (5.06 MB)	Adam Cuerden	Teensy tweak to prevent border from looking pink against Wikipedia's blue tones.
	11:08, 29 May 2009	3,604 × 2,440 (5.04 MB)	Adam Cuerden	Slightly more adjustments, to reduce yellowing a little more. This probably isn't strictly how it likely appears now, but it's more like the artist's intent when he made it.
	10:37, 29 May 2009	3,604 × 2,440 (4.65 MB)	Adam Cuerden
	10:21, 29 May 2009	3,604 × 2,440 (4.56 MB)	Adam Cuerden	{{Information \|Description="Queenstown [now known as Queenston], Upper Canada on the Niagara" by Edward Walsh. Image dates from between 1803 and 1807 <!--Below is slightly adapted from LoC description--> This watercolour shows the village of Queenston,