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52nd in their Winter Costume Bringing in a Deserter

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Date:

ca. 1860-1870

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Box number: A150-01

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2836217

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William Henry Edward Napier fonds

52nd in their Winter Costume Bringing in a Deserter
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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 and pen and brown ink over pencil on wove paper
Image 18.500 x 27.100 cm

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The watercolour depicts two soldiers with guns over their shoulders escorting a man dressed in 'habitant' clothing across a field of snow. In the middle-ground is a cabin with a figure in the doorway and in the background are the forest and mountains., The watercolour was discoloured, soiled and marked with foxing and stains. There were holes in each corner and losses occurred in the u.l., l.l. and u.r. corners. There were two large tears u.c and u.l. edges., 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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Colour transparency available

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: Inscribed recto: u.l. "22" in pen and ink; verso: centre "52nd in their winter costume, bringing in a Deserter [in pencil] / 52nd in Winter Costume bringing in a Deserter [in pen and ink]"
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SUBJ. - Activity : Military - Two Soldiers with Guns Escorting a Man across a field of Snow
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1974-051 PIC
00007
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Graphic (art)

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

Box [1974-051]

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A150-01 Item no. assigned by LAC 7

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Copy negative [1974-051]

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C-035199 Item no. assigned by LAC 7

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1974-51-7 Source: purchased at Sotheby & Co. (Canada) Ltd.
Copyright: Expired

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