George Heriot: Postmaster-Painter of the Canadas

by Gerald Finley

Book Overview

George Heriot (1759-1839), a Scot, is best known as a skilled landscape watercolourist and as the contentious deputy postmaster general of British North America from 1800 to 1816. He was also a travel writer (his Travels through the Canadas was published in 1807) and a poet.

In this volume, a combination of biography and art history, Gerald Finley presents, for the first time, a rounded picture of Heriot, revealing his motives and ideals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487598548
• ISBN13: 9781487598549
• Release Date: December 1983
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher