Brock's Monument at Queenston Heights Engraving- 1841
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About that 1841 date for this engraving . . .
Internal evidence in this image of Brock’s Monument indicates that it could not have been engraved any earlier than 1860 because right in the middle of the image is shown a cenotaph that supposedly marks the spot where Brock fell in battle, a cenotaph that was dedicated by the Prince of Wales in late 1860 (September, I think).
Also, the drawing shows Brock's Monument the way it looks today, and the way it looked only after its completion in about 1856. In 1841 the original monument (constructed 1824-27) stood badly damaged atop Queenston Heights after a bomb had been set off at its base in 1840.
Also, if John Charles Dent was in fact the artist, he could not have engraved the image in 1841 – that was the year he was born.
A bit of digging reveals that the image appeared as a frontispiece to Vol. I of John Charles Dent’s The Last Forty Years: Canada Since the Union of 1841, which was published in 1881. The volume has been digitized by Google and may be found at this web address:
http://books.google.com/books?id=kqwNAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=john+charles+dent&source=bl&ots=M6Jfa59Q6N&sig=Sfrix9uq212EeOvgVN9ZWtImzZs&hl=en&ei=nYgHTbWSLcGblgfS9_SKDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q&f=false
You're right Dennis! We did have the 1881 date in our database but for some reason when the item was uploaded here 1841 was put in! Thanks for bringing it to our attention!