In commemoration of the 2012 Bicentennial of the War of 1812, renowned wood engraver and letterpress printer Wesley W. Bates has collaborated with artist and bookbinder, Marlene Pomeroy to create a distinctive limited edition work of original art presented in an elegant handmade archival chemise.

Illustrated with wood engravings, woodcut, and hand set type authentic to the period, Bates has designed and printed a 4-colour traditional broadside on a hand-operated letterpress at his printery West Meadow Press with high quality archival rag paper from the fine Saint Armond Paper Mill in Montreal.

It is a fresh and unique artistic response to the untold stories of individual soldiers – the British, American and First Nations – who fought in the October 13, 1812 Battle of Queenston Heights that is said to have set Canada’s formation and rise to nationhood into motion.