Print  Specifics: Type of print: Intaglio: Steel engraving - Original antique print Year of printing: not indicated in the print. Actual: 1841 Original artist: W.H. Bartlett Published: for the Proprietors by George Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, London Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Dimensions: 8 x 10.5 inches, (19,5 x 26,5 cm) including blank margins (borders) around the image.  Paper weight: 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin) Reverse side: Blank Note: (1) Green color 'border' around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. (2) The print detail is much sharper than the photo of the print. Original Narrative: Montreal, From St. Lawrence River :   Montreal, the chief town in this district, though not ranking as a capital, is equal to Quebec in magnitude, and superior in commercial importance.  Its  greatness is likely to increase, from its favorable situation, and the growing prosperity of Upper Canada, of which, as being the highest point of the St. Lawrence to which vessels of the first class can ascend, it always continues the emporium.  The site of this town does not present those bold and grand features which distinguish the Canadian metropolis, though its beauty can scarcely be surpassed. The river, in this finest part of its course, divides itself into two channels, inclosing an island thirty-two miles long and ten and a half broad, which  forms one of the most favored spots on earth. The soil, everywhere luxuriant, is cultivated like one great garden, to supply the inhabitants with vegetables  and fruit.  These last are of the finest quality, and the apples especially are said to display that superiority which so remarkably distinguishes them in the New World. Although the island possesses in general that level surface that fits it for a thorough cultivation, yet about a mile and a half north-east rises a hill, 550 feet high, commanding a noble view over the fertile country, which is watered by the several branches and tributaries of the St. Lawrence.  Its face  is covered with agreeable villas, and its wooded heights form .a frequent resort to pleasure parties from the city; but the intention now understood to be  entertained of erecting fortifications on its summit, will, if put into execution,. banish in a, great, measure its, rural character.    The city, built on the southern border of this fine island, is not crowded like Quebec into a limited space, which can alone be covered with streets and   habitations.  It has. a wide level surface to extend over, so that even the older streets are of tolerable breadth, and several of them occupy its entire  length.  The principal one. Rue Notre Dame, considerably exceeds half a mile in extent, and contains many of the chief public buildings.  There is an upper and lower town, though the difference of elevation is very slight; but the former is much the more handsome of the two. The seven suburbs are not) as in the older capital, detached and extraneous, but on the same level, and immediately adjacent.  Their streets, continued in the direction of those ill the body  of the place, are regular, and display many handsome houses. Of the public edifices, the new catholic cathedral, completed in 1829, is undoubtedly, the most  splendid, and is, in fact, superior to any other in British America. Its style is a species of Gothic; it is 255 feet Cinches in length, and 134 feet 6 inches in breadth. ; The flanks rise 61 feet above the terrace, and there are six towers, of which the three belonging to the main front are 220 feet high.   Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998. Five-star service.