Collection search - Portrait of Louis-Christophe-Hilarion Fromenteau [graphic material]

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Portrait of Louis-Christophe-Hilarion Fromenteau [graphic material]

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Date:

1800.

Reference:

R5290-0-2-E

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

165685

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Portrait of Louis-Christophe-Hilarion Fromenteau
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Date(s):

1800.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 painting miniature; watercolour on ivory

Language of material:

English

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Portrait miniature of Louis Christophe Hilarion Fromenteau by an unknown artist. A businessman by trade, he entered the army as a commissary of stores and was captured by the American forces in 1777 after the British defeat at Saratoga, New York. After years of imprisonment he was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Gaspé from 1792 to 1795. After 1796 he was a Quarter-Master for the 1st Battalion of the Royal Canadian Volunteers, and from 1812 to 1814, Pay-Master for the 4th Battalion, 8th Battalion and the 1st Battalion of Trois-Rivières.

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(Electronic) On-line on Minisis at item level. 1985-211-1

(Paper) 1985-211, 207-1022 Accession file; portrait file.

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Custodial history:

Acquired from Maurice Blizier, Thetford Mines, Quebec.

Source:

Private

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1985-211 PIC
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Copyright expired.
Credit: National Archives of Canada.

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