The Breakneck Steps, Québec, Quebec, Canada, circa 1870
Louis-Prudent Vallée<br><small>(Note: The page MP-0000.307.2 of the McCord Museum attributes it to James George Parks, but that looks like a mistake on that page. The page MP-0000.321.2 of the same McCord Museum attributes it to Louis-Prudent Vallée <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/MP-0000.321.2">[1]</a>. It is also attributed to Louis-Prudent Vallée by the National Gallery of Canada <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artwork.php?mkey=29382">[2]</a>, by the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.mnbaq.org/collections/oeuvre/l-escalier-casse-cou-quebec-30515">[3]</a>, by Library and Archives Canada <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;url_tim=2013-01-24T19%3A33%3A24Z&amp;url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&amp;rft_dat=3193013&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fcollectionscanada.gc.ca%3Apam&amp;lang=eng">[4]</a> and by Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://pistard.banq.qc.ca/unite_chercheurs/description_fonds?p_anqsid=&amp;p_centre=03Q&amp;p_classe=P&amp;p_fonds=1000&amp;p_numunide=958169">[5]</a>. For comparison, the photograph of the stairs by James George Parks can be seen at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cielvariablearchives.org/images/stories/cvnumero/CV80/80_49_collection_img03.jpg">this link</a>.)</small>
between 1868 and 1876 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1868-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1876-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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