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George Matthews

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Date:

ca. 1830's

Reference:

Box number: MIN-087

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

2834437

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George Matthews

Portrait of George Matthews
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Date(s):

ca. 1830's

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 painting : watercolour on ivory ; image : 4.7 x 3.8 cm (oval), case : 6.1 x 4.6 cm (oval).
Image 4.600 x 3.900
Locket / case 6.100 x 4.500

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This portrait miniature is thought to possibly be of the George Matthews (ca 1816-act. 1866) who was an engraver and lithographer in Montreal at Matthews Lithography and also was a partner of George B. Burland. Shumway was a successful American miniaturist who worked in Connecticut, New Orleans, largely in New York, and exhibited from 1829 to 1860., The miniature is in a gold oval locket that also contains a lock of brown hair under the window glass on the verso., Colour transparencies: recto in locket, and verso of locket showing hair.

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Artist: Shumway, Henry Colton 1807-1884

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Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition title: Small Wonders: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures; Exhibition of Reproductions. Curators: Martha Marleau, National Archives of Canada, cat. no.: 10b, r&v. Further venue: National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario: 1995.02.13-1995.06.26., Exhibition title: I Know You by Heart: Portrait Miniatures / Je vous connais par coeur : portraits en miniature. Curator: Johanna Mizgala. Library and Archives Canada Exhibition. New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick; 2012.09.20 - 2012.12.31., Further venue: Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; 2013.03.22 -2013.06.02.

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C-107962 : recto in locket
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Portraits

Miniature

Jewelry
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Private

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00001
1987-061 PIC
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Physical access through an art archivist. No restrictions on use for reproduction or publication

Box [1987-061]

[Consultation 90 Open]

MIN-087 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1987-061]

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-107962 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1987-61-1
Copyright: Expired

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