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Untitled [Returning Home on Snowshoes]

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Date:

ca. 1860-1870

Reference:

Box number: A150-01

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2836215

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William Henry Edward Napier fonds

Untitled [Returning Home on Snowshoes]
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Date(s):

ca. 1860-1870

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 watercolour / aquarelle : watercolour over pencil on wove paper
Image 17.800 x 27.200 cm

Language of material:

no language

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The watercolour depicts in the foreground two figures on snowshoes, one of whom carries a papoose on her back. They are approaching a house with two chimneys and a veranda. To the right of the house is a church (unidentified) and in the background are other buildings., The watercolour was soiled, discoloured and had large pinholes in each corner. There was a large area of surface and pigment loss u.l. above the house in the sky. The trees and buildings have been scratched to reveal the white paper beneath and to create a special effect. Several surface marks (foxing, etc.) appeared over the entire surface. The figure to the right was badly smudged with what appeared to be pencil or charcoal., Formerly the property of Alexander Napier Chinnery-Haldane, 'Gleneagles', Perthshire, Scotland (grandson of the artist)., See artist file 705-648.

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Artist: Napier, William Henry Edward, 1829-1894

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Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: Inscribed verso: centre "WHE Napier" signed in pencil; u.l. "III" in pen and ink
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SUBJ. - Depicts two Figures on Snowshoes, One of Whom Carries a Papoose on Her Back
Source:

Private

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1974-051 PIC
00009
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
No restrictions on access or on use for reproduction or publication.

Box [1974-051]

[Consultation 90 Open]

A150-01 Item no. assigned by LAC 9

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1974-051]

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C-035177 Item no. assigned by LAC 9

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1974-51-9 Source: purchased at Sotheby & Co. (Canada) Ltd.
Copyright: Expired

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