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Caroline Bucknall Estcourt collection [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Accession

Date:

1834-1875, predominant 1837-1839

Reference:

1993-454 DAP, 110-020006-1

Former BAN no.:

110-020006-1

Local class no.:

D003-004

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

19885

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Date(s):

1834-1875, predominant 1837-1839

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

27 watercolours
16 drawings pencil, pen and ink
14 prints etching, lithograph, wood engraving
2 photographs
1 cut and/or pasted
autograph

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, Ojibwa

Provenance:

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Estcourt, Caroline Bucknall, Lady, 1809-1886
Additional name(s):

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Herries, William Robert, 1818-1845

Agar-Robartes, Juliana, died 1851

Bulteel, John

Cave, H

Codrington, William John, Sir, 1804-1884

Head, Anna Maria, Lady, 1808-1890

Pole-Carew, Catherine, d. 1893

Yorke, Frances Antonia, d. 1889

Glanville, E.M

Rodrigues, Henry

Estcourt, James Bucknall Bucknall, 1802-1855

Mundy, Godfrey Charles, 1804-1860
Finding aid:

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Graphic (art): (Paper) inventory list of artwork item-level Lande collection file 714-71

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Album presented to Caroline Bucknall Estcourt by her sister-in-law, Lucy in 1837, containing drawings, watercolours, prints, letters, poems and other related items of Canadian interest (military views, views of sleighing, Micmac Indians, Niagara Falls, Lundy's Lane, etc.) and non-Canadian subjects, including views in England (Saltash, Antony, Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire), Ireland (Cashel), and elsewhere. There are also numerous manuscript notes, including prayers in Ojibway presented by Sir George Arthur, and poems done while the Estcourts lived at Lundy's Lane. Includes Private Townshend manuscript account of the march of the 43rd Regiment from Fredericton to Quebec and Sorel, Dec. 1937 to Jan. 1838.. Works by the following artists: Lady Caroline B. Estcourt, Sir James B. Bucknall Estcourt, John Bulteel, H. Cave, Sir William John Codrington, Godfrey Charles Mundy, William Robert Herries, C.D., Juliana Agar-Robarts (née Pole-Carew), Lady Anna Maria Head (née Yorke), Catherine Pole-Carew, Frances Antonia Yorke (née Pole-Carew), E.M. Glanville, Henry Rodrigues and Unknown Artist 293.
Description of Estcourt collection appears as entry * 264 in the published catalogue of Lawrence Lande's collection..
The album measures 29.3 x 23.8 cm. (11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches) and contains 78 folios (with many cut out). The folios vary in colour, and include green, pink, plain, yellow, brown, grey and embossed sheets. There are also loose items between the folios..
A number of the items have been photographed, but the whole album has also been microfilmed as H-1117..
Related acquisitions in the holdings include two sketchbooks kept by Sir James Bucknall Bucknall Estcourt relating to life in England and to his activities as the Maine-New Brunswick Boundary Commissioner (acc. no. 1988-22-1 and 1988-22-2); the Estcourt Album, now disassembled, purchased in 1950 from Frank Sabin, and containing 98 watercolours and drawings relating to the Estcourt's posting in Canada (acc. no. 1950-029).
5 watercolours done by Caroline Estcourt of New Brunswick scenes, acquired in 1979 (acc. no. 1979-021); and two copies of a set of four lithographs of Quebec sporting scenes done in 1844 by Caroline Estcourt (one in the NA collection, and one from the W.H. Coverdale Collection, acc. no. 1970-188).

Availability of other formats note:

The entire album has been microfilmed, see reel H-1117 in Manuscripts.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1993-454 DAP
MG53
R13022-0-2-E
R13022-2-6-E

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1993-454 DAP
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Nil \\ Start date: 1995-07-20 ; No access to the original. Please consult the microfilm copy, or an art archivist \\ Start date: 1995-07-20

Box [1993-454] BK-140

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Some of the manuscript material is in copyright and therefore cannot be used without permission
Copyright: Various. Crown copyright on reproductions
Credit: National Archives of Canada
Graphic (art): Some of the manuscript material is in copyright and therefore cannot be used without permission
Graphic (art): Copyright: Various. Crown copyright on reproductions
Graphic (art): Credit: National Archives of Canada

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