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English: Destruction of the Parliament House, Montreal, April 25th. 1849.
Français : Destruction de l'édifice du parlement, Montréal, 25 avril 1849.
« Cette gravure, faite à partir d'un croquis pris sur le vif, illustre l'incendie allumé en 1849 par une foule en colère ; le feu détruisit de fond en comble l'immeuble de pierre de deux étages où siégeait alors le Parlement de la province du Canada. » – Peter Gossage et J.L. Little, Une histoire du Québec, Entre tradition et modernité, Les Éditions Hurtubise, Montréal, 2015, p. 128.
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Source library.mcgill.ca - Bibliothèque et Archives Canada - ameriquefrancaise.org
Author Matthews Lith., 1849. Lande Print 88

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