The Great Fire at Quebec, View from the Marine Hospital
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Engraved from a photograph by Augustus William Leggo, engraver from Quebec
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The Illustrated London News
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The Great Fire at Quebec, View from the Marine Hospital
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English: The Great Fire at Quebec, view from the Marine Hospital, 14 October 1866. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 10 November 1866.
Engraving of the rubble of the Saint-Roch district, seen from the Marine Hospital. In the centre of the remains is the Notre-Dame-de-Jacques-Cartier church miraculously spared by the flames.
Français : Gravure des décombres du quartier Saint-Roch, vus depuis l'Hôpital de la Marine. Au centre des vestiges, on aperçoit l'église Notre-Dame-de-Jacques-Cartier miraculeusement épargnée par les flammes.
Gravé à partir d'une photographie d'Augustus William Leggo, graveur de Québec
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